Pacific Cockpit: True Stories of a Pan American and United Airlines Pilot

A provocative first hand account of life as an Air Force and Commercial Airline Pilot during the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. From graduating with the second class of the United States Air Force Academy in 1960, through the heyday of Pan American Airlines and on to United Airlines where he assisted the ALPA in United's ESOP, Lester's journey is action packed. Before his retirement in 1999, the author was involved in fending off both union and management plans to hand the Pacific rim to outsid...