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Aircrew Confidential: The Unauthorized Airline Chronicles Kindle Edition

by Chris Manno (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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An Amazon #1 New Release from the author of "Best Non-Fiction of 2020" "An Airline Pilot's Life," here’s your all-access pass to the authentic, raw, behind-the-curtain airline world. Pilots, flight attendants, the good, the bad, the ugly: the real airline crew life. In the air, the airports, hotels, bars, and behind closed doors—it’s the unvarnished, un-pretty, sometimes heartbreaking, usually hilarious reality that’s consistently hidden by the airlines. Until now.

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October 1, 2020
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08H5TD8K7
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Books (October 1, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 644 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 148 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #145,175 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #12 in Commercial Aviation (Kindle Store)
- #42 in Commercial Aviation (Books)
- #156 in Travel Adventure Fiction

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Chris Manno has written several award-winning novels (see below) as well as the Amazon's 2020 #1 New Release "An Airline Pilot's Life," named best "Best Non-Fiction of 2020" and which has had over 2 million page downloads.

He earned his doctorate in residence at Texas Christian University where he taught writing from 2003 to 2023. His aviation career started in the USAF as a pilot, then spanned 35 years as a pilot for American Airlines, flying the 737, MD-80, F-100, and DC-10 both domestically and international.

His cartoon books examine the gamut from daily life to airline life (see below) and his cartoons appear in publication and digital media worldwide.

Fiction Awards:

_East Jesus_ named finalist (second place), "Best Fiction of 2017," N. Texas Book Festival, April 2017.

_Blood and Remembrance_ named finalist (third place) "Best Fiction 2019," N. Texas Book Festival, 2019.

_Voodoo Rush_ named winner "Best Fiction of 2018," N. Texas Book Festival, April 2018.

-Sanctuary Moon_, Finalist, "Best Fiction of 2020." N. Texas Book Festival, August 2020.

Cartoon Books:

_Airline Pilot: Newhire Edition_

_Aircrew Confidential_

_Essential Cartoons_

_Unwoke Cartoons_

_Barely Legal Cartoons_

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Airshows

Not what I expected

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2023

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I bought this book thinking by the cover it was true adventures of Airline Crews. Not so as revealed in the opening pages. The Authors previous book was really good so I bought this one thinking it would also be a good read. I believe this is the only book, (other than school textbooks) that I was unable to finish.

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2022

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As a retired airline pilot, the author has nailed both the lifestyle and thoughts! Only wish it was longer! Congrats, Chris!

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Michael O

A quick and easy read.

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2020

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Have you ever wondered what kind of stories you might hear if you hung around a water cooler in an airline crew lounge? If you did, this would be the book to answer that. The stories are fictional, according to the author, but I’m very confident that there is a lot of truth behind them.

All of these stories are pretty short, which makes the book a very quick and easy read. When I started reading, I sort of assumed that all the stories would be the pilot-cheating-on-his-wife cliché. Boy, was I surprised!

Author Chris Manno put a lot of diversity into this book. Yeah, there were spouse-cheating stories, but there were also many others. For example, there was a story about a pilot flying his airliner into a city with a severe storm very close, and the hope was to get in and get out before conditions prevented flying. Then there was a story about an escort soldier accompanying the body of a fallen soldier.

In addition to the variety, Manno really demonstrated his talent for turning a phrase. For example, in describing a thought: “That thought, of course, sprouted green shoots of memory only recently planted.” A more structural example: “The drafty hallway smelled of floor wax and sweat.” It really gets the point across.

Something that was totally unexpected was poetic prose. A couple of the stories were written in poetic prose. Writing a story that’s readable is hard enough, but telling a story poetically is a real talent. I thought it was done very well. If you’re a fan of poetry, you’ll love it!

Despite this being fiction, I didn’t think the stories read like short stories. For example, there is no sense of pacing, nor are there climaxes. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever read anything quite like this.

If you’re up for a change from what you normally read, I suggest you give this a try. It’s a quick and easy read.

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Fredric M. Blum

Just gossip

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2021

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I found the book very disappointing. It's just gossip. Nothing meaningful.

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DLB

Content Doesn't Match Title

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2022

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While this was an interesting book, I didn't find it to be what the title implies. I've read other books about the airline industry, particularly by flight attendants and they are far more detailed and descriptive than this one. In fact, so much so that while I was one time hired as one by a top-tier airline, I was eventually glad not to have accepted the job. Unfortunately, FA's and airline crew have reputations that are all too often, well-deserved. This book really didn't address this to a thorough degree, though the title gives the opposite impression.

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2021

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Complete waste of time. Stories were convoluted and difficult to follow. Stayed with it to the end in a futile effort to find some redeeming value.
Not at all like his previous work AN AIRLINE PILOTS LIFE which I considered excellent.

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Brent L Davis

A down-to-earth and fascinating read

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2021

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Like the author, as a youngster, I would look up and follow every plane passing overhead and dream of someday being a sky god. Chis Manno never let go of his vision.This is a great story! Thank you Captain Manno.

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2021

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Having a close friend in the industry who was a left seater for many years starting with props to the 747, the sex depicted was not necessarily the norm but not to be dismissed. Frankly his stories do parallel CM 's account so let's say CM weaves a tale that is hopefully not current. With advances in cockpit management the hijinks are now history, but the read is ok

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