A Correct DestinyChapter 2
There were four legs, or stages, of the flight from Mather Airport outside Sacramento to Eppley Airfield in Omaha. General practice was for the two pilots to trade off primary flight duties for each leg. As the pilot-in-command, or PIC of the aircraft, Ken was the one to dictate who flew the first leg. His usual habit when working with a new first officer, or FO, was to fly the first leg himself. This allowed the new pilot to get comfortable with the way he did things and, on the Omaha line,...