AltWeeklies Wire
Jessica Cox is Just Like Any Other Licensed Pilot -- Except She Has No Armsnew
At a small airport northeast of Tucson, Cox is the only pilot preparing for a flight this morning. She removes the chains that hold the 1946 Ercoupe 415-C in place, unscrews the fuel cap to assess the gas level and begins checking the plane over. She performs all of these tasks with her feet.
Tucson Weekly |
Irene Messina |
08-28-2009 |
Culture
Warring US Airways & America West Pilots Have the Merged Company in a Tailspinnew
Three years ago, US Airways merged with America West, but what was quickly made official on paper has proved much more complicated in reality. Pre-merger, the companies had little geographic overlap -- more importantly, they also had markedly different cultures.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
09-09-2008 |
Business & Labor
