Jail
Captain Airplane
Well it’s finally happened, I’m in jail, vehicular manslaughter, while that’s not too surprising a few other things are. It turned out I’d been driving without a license for the past decade or so. I woke in the hospital, barely a scratch on me, just shaky from drying out. They (doctor or lawyer or cop or somebody) told me I’d destroyed three cars and part of someone’s house, while there were several victims I only managed to kill one person. Still, not too surprising, it seems like something I should’ve done at least a dozen or so times by now. What is surprising:
1) I’m still a commercial airline pilot.
2) I only got sentenced to six months in jail.
You’d think those airport people or superiors would make the obvious connection, if he can’t even drive to the airport without killing somebody he should not be flying a jumbo aircraft. But no, apparently that’s not the way it goes.
ME: Uhm, ok, I’d collect my things if I remembered more about them, so I guess I’ll just go.
BOSS: What the hell are you talking about?
ME: I obviously can’t fly airplanes, I don’t think I ever really could.
BOSS: Do you think we bailed you out just to fire you? Do you know how much it costs to train a commercial airline pilot? YOU have many good years of flying left in YOU.
ME: Do you understand that I killed someone, driving drunk on my way to the airport?
BOSS: HAHAHA!
ME: Don’t you realize I can’t get away with this? I’m going to jail for a long time, and I deserve it, it’s where I belong.
BOSS: Perhaps you should talk to your lawyer.
ME: My what now?
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You’re a pilot all right.