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Book Review: The Outer Whorl

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.”

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Muscle Power- The Protein and the Pump

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. 

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Airline Security in 2007

X-ray image As more time passes from the fateful day of September 11, 2001, we are facing new challenges in keeping our aircraft safe and secure. While we must always be proactive in gathering intelligence and countering threats, I feel our biggest challenge lies from within.
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Are you a Quiet Professional?


How do you handle conflict on the job? Are you a Quiet Professional?

At this point of your career you have most likely had training in Cockpit Resource Management too many times to count. One of the basic tenets of CRM training is conflict resolution and the importance of mitigating conflict before it happens. The manner in which pilots embrace good ideas and incorporate lessons learned into their own habit patterns differentiates professional pilots from pilots.
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Military Flight Time Conversion

Converting Military Flight Time to Civilian Flight Time has been a headache - Until Now! Use this Excel spreadsheet to help make flight time conversion easy.

You can find it in the Downloads > Job Search section along with other great tools to make your job search easier.

 
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