Fighter pilots and special operations forces guys have the same DNA.
Every penny I've ever saved has been spent on airline tickets to different corners of the world.
The greatest sin of airline management of the last 22 years is to say, "It's all labor's fault."
I did pilots here and there but mostly I was doing little bits in movies.
A lot of people came into the airline business. Most of them promptly exited, minus their money.
I'm trying to be as green as I can. As an airline pilot, I have a carbon footprint that's a size 10, so it's pretty hard.
Sailboats are the slowest form of transportation on Earth with the possible exeption of airline flights that go through O'Hare.
If it's torture flying one airline and [yours] is a pleasant experience, it certainly helps your revenue.
The travel is a lot uglier than it once was with TSA and the deregulation of the airline services. These planes are getting smaller for my 6" 2' frame.
Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that.
My experience enables me to select the very best pilots in the market.
Running an airline is the most difficult job in the world. Racing was more dangerous for my life.
You read a lot of pilots during pilot season, and not all of them really grab you.
Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.
I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world.
I've been asked to direct pilots for a lot of shows.
The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
Malaysia Airlines is a robust airline - it's been around for many years. It has an excellent reputation, both for service and for safety.
With any luck, by the time NASA's space probe hits Pluto, you'll be booking a spaceflight with a privately run suborbital airline.
It's not like I decided to continue the Stone Temple Pilots.
There has always been a certain romanticism associated with the airline business. We must avoid its perpetuation at Eastern at all costs.
Every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and drowned.
These days no one can make money on the goddamn airline business. The economics represent sheer hell.
I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though.
I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
I came from the music business, which reputedly has the biggest egos, but I really think the airline world caps it.
Pilots are tricky because there are so many things you have to accomplish.
Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are willing victims to the spell.
Now we are using the body scanner to scan the pilots. They became the dangerous people of this country?
I had arrived at the airport one hour early so that, in accordance with airline procedures, I could stand around.
Airline hostesses show you how to use a seatbelt in case you haven't been in a car since 1965.
I decided there must be room for another airline when I spent two days trying to get through to People Express.
And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
Most people think of us as this flamboyant airline, but we're really very conservative from the fiscal standpoint.
I've got stuff about airline mergers, which just shows that my stand-up is getting more insane by the minute.
I've done 10 or 11 pilots for network television, which is ridiculous.
"What's the next thing that's going to kill me?" is a mantra for pilots and astronauts.
We need to have people up there who can communicate what it feels like, not just pilots and engineers.
Why don't we just buy one airplane and let the pilots take turns flying it.
We shoot a lot of pilots that don't get picked up, and no one ever sees them at all.
I was struck by the joy of those pilots in committing coldblooded murder . . . Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice.
One year, I did 10 or 11 pilots of TV shows that never went anywhere.
It's not a testosterone-driven industry any longer. Success is making money, not in the size of the airline.
Jet Blue is my preferred airline. I love the cleanliness, technology, and the staff is always wonderful.
I knew I'd chosen the wrong airline when I noticed the sick bag had the Lord's Prayer on it.
Pilots enjoy the fun and challenge of handling the fancy machine.
Google makes so much money that it’s now worth three times more than every U.S. airline combined.
... the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
I've had nine failed pilots. I've been doing TV for a long time.
Nobody ever thought about having to protect the passengers from the pilots.
If airline seat cushions are such great flotation devices, why don't you ever see anyone take one to the beach?
I've written several pilots that haven't gone, so that's why you haven't seen any.
We saw the integration of the female pilots in the Navy, in combat roles, and the resistance there in the beginning.
I think women make better pilots.
I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
I never trust the airlines from those countries where the pilots believe in the afterlife. You are safer when they don't.
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
Pilots are drawn to flying because it's a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure.
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