The CEO of the Cockpit [Kindle Edition]

Kevin Garrison (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The insights, tips, suggestions, rave-outs and pontifications of a fictional airline captain. Witty and fun, this book is a collection of the famous AVweb.com column by the same name. It also includes a few surprises. Not a piloting manual, but a book every pilot should own.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 342 KB
• Publisher: ASJA press (April 14, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002AQSOVY
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,625 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #60 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Transportation > Aviation > Piloting & Flight Instruction

More About the Author

Kevin Garrison's professional writing career spans twenty years producing over 850 published articles, newspaper and Web site columns, and numerous books.

Kevin's articles have appeared in Air & Space Smithsonian, Plane & Pilot, Upside, Salon.com, Flyer newspapers, Creativity, Writer's Digest, Biztraveler, Mercator's World, AOPA Pilot, Airline Pilot, US Aviator, IFR Magazine, Private Pilot, Ace magazine, Southern Aviator Equus, Horseplay, Salon.com, TheLexington Herald Leader, and numerous others.

His books include: The CEO of the Cockpit; a more serious instructional book,
Flying Through Congested Airspace, in its second printing; Monday Sucks, a show of Kevin's humorist side; and, So, You're Dead... A Novice's Guide to Non-Being completes Kevin's look at the human condition. Kevin's latest book, The Complete Illustrated History of the United States Air Force, will be out soon from Barnes & Noble Books.

He is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and holds an
American Studies degree from Florida State University

Kevin recently retired as a 767 Delta Airlines captain with over 20,000 flight hours.
While at Delta, Kevin worked with senior management producing products for Delta Airlines Flight Operations Division.

His flying background has included flying everything from banner towers to candidates for Governor. General aviation has seen Kevin as a line boy, shop assistant,office manager, and aircraft salesperson. He's hauled dead bodies, flown forest fire missions, carried sky-divers, surveyed turtles, and flown air show routines.

Kevin's monthly column on AVweb.com, The CEO of the Cockpit, is delivered to
130,000 subscribers. He is a frequent lecturer for the AOPA Air Safety Foundation.

Kevin lives with his wife Maggie on a small horse farm in Lexington, Kentucky where they have raised two kids, four dogs, ten horses, seven cats, two geese, and an assortment of rabbits, lizards and fish. Kevin firmly believes that professional wrestling is real and
the rest of the world is bogus.