Sydney Pollack Quotes

I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots ever even request permission to do that.

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

The men and women who make up a plane's crew put their lives in jeopardy each time they fly. It's our job as much as anyone's to make sure we make it as safe as possible up there for them.

Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you're up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly.

The more you fly, the more unsettling it is, because you realize how much more likely it will be for you to crash. I am getting better at it, though.

If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.

Pilots are not the threat.

I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job.

When you design it, think how you would feel if you had to fly it! Safety first!

I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or an airplane. I am considerate of the risk we take every time we fly. I also know we need to fly and always to improve safety.

When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job.

They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

Aircraft do not crash of themselves. They come to grief because men are foolish, or vain, or lazy, or irresolute or reckless. One crash in a thousand may be unavoidable because God wills it so - not more than that.

This is a people-centric system. Planes are guided and controlled by people. We will not compromise on safety.

When it comes to reforming the way our skies are regulated, we must be certain that as we work to solve specific problems, we do not create others.

Every day, I'm working on my aviation career so that I don't have to think about working as an actor.

I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit.

The thing is helicopters are different from airplanes An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or incompetent piloting, it will fly.

Had I not become a professional golfer, I think I would have pursued some type of career in aviation.

The disappearance of MH370 has tested our collective resolve.

I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s.

I read, studied, and learned everything I could find about aviation. It was my greatest desire to become a pilot. I could already picture myself in the cockpit of an airliner or in a military fighter plane. I felt deep in my heart this was my thing!

I met dozens of pilots and would go on dates. I had the opportunity to go up in one of the planes, but I was scared of flying.

I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license.

Dad endorsed my learning to fly so he would have a live-in pilot, one he could get in touch with at any time.