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Thomas Petzinger


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Flying is an act of conquest, of defeating the most basic and powerful forces of nature. It unites the violent rage and brute power of jet engines with the infinitesimal tolerances of the cockpit. Airlines take their measurements from the ton to the milligram, from the mile to the millimeter, endowing any careless move - an engine setting, a flap position, a training failure - with the power to wipe out hundreds of lives.

Thomas Petzinger Jr.

First couple of sentences of the prologue to Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos, 1995.

So long as the airlines preserve their magic quality — including, above all, their safety and reliability — they will be guaranteed a significant role in the workings of the world. Science will never digitalize an embrace. Electronics will never convey the wavering eye of a negotiating adversary. Fiber-optic cable can do many things, but it cannot transport hot sand, fast snow, or great ruins.

Thomas Petzinger Jr.

Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos , 1995. .


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