Letter From An Airline Pilot

Produced: 1950

Length: 22 Minutes

Ever wonder what goes into making your flight as smooth and trouble free as possible? It is a group of dedicated people who work tirelessly to prepare the food, clean the plane, perform maintenance checks, provide customer service and like the narrator of this slick 1950s film, fly the plane. It is a group effort, a concerted symphony of training and compassion that makes flying by airplane one of the most enjoyable travel means. Not satisfied with simply answering a curious passengers questions about what goes into a typical flight, the airline pilot takes us through all of the behind the scenes things, including the food preparation plant, how planes are refurbished, and how pilots manage to stay on target when flying thousands of feet in the air. He insists throughout that a flight is not just the work of the pilot but a group effort, each person contributing mightily to the task of flying a plane. The film is an extraordinary behind the scenes look at airport and airline operation in the 1950s and will answer every question you have ever had about what goes into your flight.