Had I not become a professional golfer, I think I would have pursued some type of career in aviation.
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.
Every day, I'm working on my aviation career so that I don't have to think about working as an actor.
If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes.
My pilot's license. I'm proud of that.
I took my first flying lesson in 1967, when I was 16. By October 1968, I had 70 hours in the air and got my pilot's license.
I fly an aeroplane, and I think a lot about how much I do not want ever to run into an optimistic air traffic controller. I just don't. I want a guy down there who's just waiting for the worst crash possible and petrified that it's going to happen on his watch. And then I feel safe flying into his territory.
I still have my [flight] license and I can still pass a flight physical.
And, finally, as a Republican, I believe it is important to keep our word and keep our covenant, and that is exactly what we should do with the Wright amendment today.
I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.
'Boldface' is a pilot term, a magic word to describe the procedures that could, in a crisis, save your life. We say that 'boldface is written in blood' because often it's created in response to an accident investigation. It highlights the series of steps that should have been taken to avoid a fatal crash, but weren't.
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.
There's always a possibility that you can have a catastrophic failure, of course. This could happen on any flight.
As a military pilot and a test pilot, handling unusual situations and aircraft malfunctions was part of the business.
The only way to get around Arizona is by small private plane.
Really, anyone can learn how to fly. If you can drive a bus, you can fly an airplane.
I hope you either take up parachute jumping or stay out of single motored airplanes at night.
No reporter is flying around in borrowed twin-engine airplanes.
In any aircraft you fly, you always think about what can go wrong, and you plan for it in advance. You always have back-up plans.
Yes, it's true, I have bought a helicopter. I really like it. I can't fly it, but I plan to get a licence one day.
Just just because there are flaws in aircraft design that doesn't mean flying carpets exist.
Flying, I continue to be involved with. I love flying, and I hope to keep doing it so long as I can pass my medicals and stay proficient.
Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that. The Titanic saved lives because we're building bigger and bigger ships. So these people died, but we have effectively improved the safety of the system, and nothing failed in vain.
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.
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.
