When you think about flying, it's nuts really. Here you are at about 40,000 feet, screaming along at 700 miles an hour… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I love to fly. I always wanted to fly. It's been one of my dreams since I was 3 years old. I… — Elena Anaya Copy Share Image
The unions need to be taken on. British Airways is massively over-staffed and has got to get its costs down. . .… — Michael O'Leary Copy Share Image
I've always thought it was easier for girls to sing harmonies because their voices can go to that higher plane so much… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
I'm a very anti-vacation person. Because I'm always getting on planes for work, to me, a vacation is when I don't have… — Gilbert Gottfried Copy Share Image
Airport security is a particular bugbear. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, while I can see that averting… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
When I'm on a plane, I am the annoying person humming into my phone. Sitting there static with nothing to do, a… — Kiesza Copy Share Image
The problem with airports is that we go there when we need to catch a plane - and because it's so difficult… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
On overnight flights, I have trained myself to get to sleep almost instantly after takeoff. I always listen to the same audiobook… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
“In 80 percent of airline crashes, pilots make mistakes that could have been prevented, particularly if the crew worked together more harmoniously.… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
We are constantly emphasizing to people that they need to address anything that affects flight safety or mission success, many pathways to… — Ellen Ochoa Copy Share Image
“Four days before the declaration of World War II, on August 27, 1939, the test pilot van Chaim flew the first jet… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
Black boxes are really important to our investigators. The cockpit voice recorder can give us insight into what's going on with the… — Deborah Hersman Copy Share Image
Thirty guys equals five percent die-off among active wingsuit base jumpers. That means there's a flaw in our system and you're an… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I'm on JetBlue and United. So I spend a lot of time on airplanes with other people and in terminals or just… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
My dad couldn't connect to my wanting to be a filmmaker. He was very connected in entertainment, and through him I met… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
The Wright brothers' first flight was not reported in a single newspaper because every rookie reporter knew what could and couldn't be… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
The alleviation of human error, whether design or intrinsically human, continues to be the most important problem facing aerospace safety. — Jerome F. Lederer Copy Share Image
If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land… — Igor Sikorsky Copy Share Image
America, the land of the free, is turning itself into the land of the free ride. [U.S. airlines] are operating in protected… — Rod Eddington Copy Share Image
Lets take flight simulation as an example. If youre trying to train a pilot, you can simulate almost the whole course. You… — Roy Romer Copy Share Image
Despite living in this post-9/11 age of transnational terrorism, the risk of death during air travel has plummeted to the point where… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
Been stuck in airports, terrorized; sent to meetings, hypnotized; overexposed, commercialized. Handle me with care. — George Harrison Copy Share Image
The overhead bins - this is not a real passenger plane. We wanted it to look like a real passenger plane. But… — Trish Sie Copy Share Image
I met dozens of pilots and would go on dates. I had the opportunity to go up in one of the planes,… — Florence Green Copy Share Image
It is wonderful how cheered a pilot becomes after he shoots down his first machine; his morale increases by at least 100 percent. — James Ira Thomas Jones Copy Share Image
Death by plane crash scares me. I travel a lot, and when you hit turbulence, and post 9/11, that's in the back… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
It's great to have a private jet. Anyone that tells you that having your own private jet isn't great is lying to… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I don't get jet lagged that much. I'm so used to traveling and being in different places every day that I can… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has been made such an unpleasant and degrading… — Keith Henson Copy Share Image
I've always thought flight was fun and wanted to write about flight, and I knew a lot of househusbands who were having… — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much… — Waylon Jennings Copy Share Image
But a lot of that kind of work is done pre-flight, coordinating efforts with the flight directors and the ground teams, and… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
I think it'd be pretty cool to fly. Actually, I'd like to be Language Gal. My super power is that I can… — Ilana Glazer Copy Share Image
Here's my advice to my brown friends: The next time you're on an airplane in the U.S., just speak your mother tongue.… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive… — Joe Elliott Copy Share Image
At various times over 20 years, I did preliminary designs for aircraft like the Stratolaunch. For that whole time I was encouraging… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
I mean, I'd love to have a private jet - I know people who fly by private jet all the time... I've… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
My first ride in an airplane was at nine years of age, and it was wonderful: the freedom, the smell of the… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I think any pilot with my kind of background, flying ex-military-type aircraft and experimental aircraft, would say that the pinnacle is to… — Jared Isaacman Copy Share Image
![“The unions need to be taken on. British Airways is massively over-staffed and has got to get its costs down. . . . The problem for [chief executive] Willie Walsh is that the board of BA has no spine, no balls and no vision.” quote by Michael O'Leary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/michael-o-leary-14256_airline_the-unions-need-to-be-taken-on-british-a_2949153.jpg)
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