Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, and Reflections读书介绍
类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
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书籍 | None页 | 2020 |
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2020-02-20 … | 2020-07-20 … | 40 |
For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even fearful experience. Patrick Smith, airline pilot and author of the Web's popular Ask the Pilot feature, separates fact from fallacy and tells you everything you need to know . . .How planes fly, and a revealing look at the men and women who fly themStraight talk on turbulence, pilot training, and safetyThe real story on congestion, delays, and the dysfunction of the modern airportThe myths and misconceptions of cabin air and cockpit automationTerrorism in perspective, and a provocative look at securityAirfares, seating woes, and the pitfalls of airline customer serviceCockpit Confidential covers not only the nuts and bolts of flying, but also the grand theater of air travel, from airport architecture to inflight service to the excitement of travel abroad. It's a thoughtful, funny, at times deeply personal look into the strange and misunderstood world of commercial flying.
作者简介帕特里克·史密斯(Patrick Smith),美国飞行员,畅销书作家。他拥有极其丰富的飞行经验,足迹遍布80多个国家,是“请教机长”(Ask the Pilot)空中旅行系列博客撰稿人,曾被《时代》杂志评选为“25位最佳博主”之一,登上过包括CNN和BBC在内的300多家电视台和广播电台;其专栏文章常发表于《纽约时报》《波士顿环球报》等各大媒体。
译者陈思颖,台湾政治大学英文系毕业,现就读于台湾师范大学翻译研究所
译者郭雅琳,以文字维生的自由译者。期望能达到无我境界,让作者的所思所想完整呈现在读者眼前。
译者温泽元,台湾政治大学财政系毕业,现就读于台湾师范大学翻译研究所。
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