In my previous life as an airline pilot, preparing passengers for the disaster we hoped would never happen was routine.

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After serving as a flight instructor during World War II, he turned down an airline pilot's career and returned to the workshop.

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Small story: Just the other day I was talking to an airline pilot, a captain, a highly respected man with decades of experience.

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Jernnard's alleged stunt echoes that of conman Frank Abagnale, whose exploits posing as an airline pilot were turned into the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can.

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She's convinced that she's seeing someone murder the kid in an apple orchard, but she's not really sure. (Her husband, an airline pilot played by Aidan Quinn, rightfully assumes she's a crackpot.) The apple motif appears repeatedly throughout the film, usually to less-than-inspiring effect.

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Someday soon Herbert, the retired airline pilot, may no longer be such an exception to the rule.

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What experienced commercial airline pilot, at this point in the game, would want to work for an airline that is struggling to pay the very people who keep the company airborne?

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