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Freight Dog: The Dark Side of Aviation
- Narrated by: Ron Allan
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary
Don't worry about your tray table and seat back for this one. Forget what you've been told about the romantic notion of the airline business. It's not like what you've seen in the movies. Buckle your seat belt and join Captain Kimber C. Turner for a flight over a thirty year career of ups and downs in aviation. This story of his love/hate life in airplanes will take you from laughter to livid and back again. Kimber C. Turner is a retired airline pilot with over 18,000 hours of flight time, and a former radio talk show host. Now he is out of the sky and off of the air. In his retirement, Captain Turner does some voice over work and an occasional guest spot on the radio. He also writes a book now and then.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-01-22
good
an angry employee towards his company nevertheless we are all angry towards our companies, who am I kidding right?
but overall it's a great insight into the cargo pilot life
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- Robert Cheetham
- 25-10-21
Good listen
Overall it gave a good insight into the often unglamorous world of freight piloting. It was interesting to hear of the struggles the author had whilst trying to develop his career and there’s some great examples of the bureaucratic fog airlines and freight companies seem to shroud themselves in. Some of the pilots individual experiences are really funny. The only gripe I had is that it seemed at times to be a directed rant at his old employer and felt like he just wanted to get some stuff off his chest.
Overall however, I really enjoyed it.
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- Rafael Pimpao
- 10-06-19
Not for sofa pilots
If you looking for amazing adventures smuggling cargo out of South America...you will be disappointed and probably write the average uniformed bad review. For the few in the industry it is a reflection of reality we can relay to and certainly get the humor. It is a collection of less them great experiences, but for each complaint a solution is offered. I liked it. And after all the pain you can't disagree that the only reward in commercial aviation is the kick in back with full throttles forward and the smile you get after punching through the clouds into a blue sky.
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- Tim New
- 10-10-21
Complain, complain, complain
Tells how much he hates DHL until the very end when he tells us ‘it was a privilege to fly for them’. Make your mind up man!
I finished my run of duty shifts yesterday. During that time I saw a vertically decapitated teenage girl, a 26 year old teacher with stage four breast cancer and a terrified elderly person die slowly with COVID.
Not once did I think about complaining about climbing up some wobbly steps to take command of a state-of-the-art wide bodied airliner or being snapped at by a Chief Pilot.
If only …
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