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Jamie Beckett

Expect the unexpected. You won’t be disappointed

By Jamie Beckett · July 2, 2019 ·

You’re a human being operating a machine. If one doesn’t have an issue, the other probably will.

A few rules about rules

By Jamie Beckett · June 25, 2019 ·

I hope that one day the entire rulebook for every aspect of our lives will boil down to three entries.

How to ask for help and get it

By Jamie Beckett · June 18, 2019 ·

I’ve got a fair amount of experience with folks asking for help in such inept ways, they never get it.

The key to our future lies in our past

By Jamie Beckett · June 11, 2019 ·

Could the Wright brothers have imagined their prototype Flyer would lead to aircraft that could cross continents and oceans carrying 100 people or more?

I can’t

By Jamie Beckett · June 4, 2019 ·

“I can’t” is a dangerous limitation we put on ourselves.

Flights of fancy

By Jamie Beckett · May 28, 2019 ·

She flew beautifully, as virtually every first-time flier I’ve ever flown with has.

Are we there yet?

By Jamie Beckett · May 21, 2019 ·

I’ll stop flying one day, but the departure from the left seat will be on my terms.

On the human side…

By Jamie Beckett · May 14, 2019 ·

It’s a therapy session disguised as a pilot’s debrief. It’s a support group that meets in a hangar.

Who are you?

By Jamie Beckett · May 7, 2019 ·

Do you use your N number when announcing yourself? You should.

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