During the Vietnam War, Brian Howard Settles flew nearly two hundred combat missions in a jet fighter as he struggled with feelings of isolation from his convictions, personal inadequacy, and inner questions of his loyalty to a nation from which he felt alienated. Settles grapples with his hypocrisy in selling out on himself and his marriage in exchange for filling his emotional neediness with the glorified machismo of being a fighter pilot. In his guts and glory story, this retired airline captain discloses the awful truth of his guilt laden mania for booze, broads, and battle, sharing the...
During the Vietnam War, Brian Howard Settles flew nearly two hundred combat missions in a jet fighter as he struggled with feelings of isolation from ...
From cockpit to taxicab and back-Brian Settles, a single parent, experienced airline pilot, seemed to have it all until an airline strike and bankruptcy shattered his existence. Shattered Dream: A Single-Parent Airline Pilot's Story is a gripping account of a desperate father's three year, three-hundred-mile-a-day ordeal driving a cab on the streets of Atlanta. Readers will experience the dangers of cabbie life, the condescension of passengers, what he learned about them and, most importantly, himself.
From cockpit to taxicab and back-Brian Settles, a single parent, experienced airline pilot, seemed to have it all until an airline strike and bankrupt...
