Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith is an airline pilot and the host of www.askthepilot.com, where a version this column originally appeared. His new book is Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel. He lives near Boston

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Whoops

The Jumbo Boeing Debacle

How could an airline crew land a giant plane at the wrong (and way too tiny) air field? It may not be as crazy—or uncommon—as you may think.

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Knife Fight

TSA has shelved its plan to allow small knives on planes, but this is a debate that requires confronting 9/11, writes Patrick Smith.

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The Sequester Takes Off

Passengers have become pawns in a cynical game of stalemate, writes Patrick Smith.

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Real Pilots Laugh at ‘Flight’

The men and women who fly commercial planes may have given up long ago on realistic portrayals of their profession in Hollywood, but ‘Flight’ takes the absurdity to a whole new level, writes Patrick Smith.

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Stop Bitching About Air Travel!

Enough with the misinformation campaign! Patrick Smith takes to task the novelists, journalists, and cranky letter-writers ignorantly complaining about U.S. airline failures.

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The Jumbo Boeing Debacle

Knife Fight

The Sequester Takes Off

Real Pilots Laugh at ‘Flight’

Stop Bitching About Air Travel!

What Pilots Fear