Author

Publication

2014 - Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter

Language

English

Word Count

70,750 words, Guess

Page Count

283 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Better World Books9783034317221
  • Better World BooksO9-CFA-873
  • Open LibraryOL28545749M

Classifications

  • LCCHD8039.A42G733 2014
  • LCCHD8039.A4 B46 2014

Description

This book paints a detailed picture of the commercial pilot lifestyle, from the struggle to pay for training to time spent down route to thoughts of retirement. Once a glamorous occupation, commercial flying is today more of a job than a vocation with many pilots working the maximum permissible hours for increasingly meagre rewards under evermore stressful conditions. Pilots talk candidly about acute and chronic fatigue, short-notice roster changes that leave them insufficiently rested, noisy and poorly serviced down-route hotels, long daily commutes to work, indebtedness, fear of losing their.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • How Pilots Live: An Examination of the Lifestyle of Commercial PilotsLang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter2014-01-01

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