Airline Pilot Central

by Cindy Driscoll

What is a trip rig? What is a duty rig? If you are a pilot working at a carrier without "rigs," transitioning to a major carrier will be your first introduction to an initially confusing topic.

I must admit to some trepidation when asked to read and review Neal Schier’s new work entitled The Outer Whorl. I have read many "Airline Pilot" biographies and to pinch a phrase from Mr. Schier’s writing, my bookshelves groan under the weight of them. Many of the memoirs are so formulaic and predictable because they follow the same standard script: “I always wanted to fly since before I could walk so I saved money from my paper route to buy flying lessons, despite my parent’s objections and the next thing I was piloting a 747 into London on a dark and stormy evening.”

No matter how healthy and physically fit a person is, the main goal of any personal training program is improved body composition.  This means an increase in lean muscle tissue and decrease in adipose (fat) tissue.   So why is it that 2 people can be doing identical exercises and resistance trainings yet one person gets much better results than the other? Answer: The person getting better results knows that exercise is only half the equation.  Timing and quality of meals is the other half. Replenishing your body with high quality, concentrated protein packed with the perfect combination of amino acids will ensure that your body is able to rebuild the muscle tissue that is torn down during a hard training.