by F. Lloyd Staats

This Is Your Captain Speaking.' Millions of American aiplane passengers hear those words every day, but very few get too know the person behind the voice. Captain F. Lloyd Staats is one of those people behind the voice, and in this fastinating and enthralling autobiography, aptly entitled 'This Is Your Captain Speaking: Fifty Years of Keeping The Blue Side Up, readers get to know him very well. When Lloyd Staats decided to pursue a flying career, aviation was still a pioneer industry. Staats grew and developed as a pilot at the same time as passenger air travel itself grew and developed. He spent nearly thirty-five years with American Airlines, from their early beginnings to their emergence as the biggest and the best airline in the country. And he pulls no punches in recounting his experiences---both good and bad---with the company and its politics. There are humorous anecdotes, exciting and tense moments, and several dramatic confrontations with the powers-that-be who run the skies.. Through it all Captain Staats remains refreshingly honest and entertaining. When this Captain speaks you will really want to listen.