FLYING THE LINE I
CONTENTS
Foreword
by Robert J. Serling
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1:
What’s a Pilot Worth?
Chapter 2:
Stepping on Toes
Chapter 3:
Pilot Pushing
Chapter 4:
The Airmail Pilots’ Strike of 1919
Chapter 5:
The Livermore Affair
Chapter 6:
The Trouble with E. L. Cord
Chapter 7:
The Perils of Washington
Chapter 8: FLYING FOR A ROGUE AIRLINE
Chapter 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE TWA PILOTS ASSOCIATION
Chapter 10: DAVE BEHNCKE—AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY
Chapter 11: WARTIME
Chapter 12: THE TWA STRIKE OF 1946
Chapter 13: THE NATIONAL AIRLINES STRIKE OF 1948
Chapter 14:
The Ordeal of E. P. McDonald
Chapter 15:
The Fall of Dave Behncke
Chapter 16:
The Sayen Style
Chapter 17:
Safety and Crew Complement in the 1950s
Chapter 18:
The Southern Airways Strike of 1960
Chapter 19:
Internal Politicking, 1960–1962
Chapter 20:
Charley Ruby’s Hour
Chapter 21:
Origins of the American Airlines Split
Chapter 22:
American Airlines Goes It Alone
Chapter 23:
Jets and Thin Ice
Chapter 24:
Skyjacking
Chapter 25:
The Rise of J. J. O’Donnell