Topic: Ask The Pilot

The "Ask the Pilot" travel column was written by airline pilot and author Patrick Smith from 2002 until 2012. The entire "Ask the Pilot" archives can be viewed here.

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Beware the "office" romance

Patrick Smith

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Where are the books?

Patrick Smith

Escape to "hidden airport"

Patrick Smith

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What Alec Baldwin doesn't know about air travel

Patrick Smith

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Oh my god, they're duct-taping our plane!

Patrick Smith

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Airline livery design hits bottom

Patrick Smith

Sept 11 The Skies

How 9/11 changed flying

Patrick Smith

Irene

Should flights be preemptively canceled?

Patrick Smith

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A remotely piloted jetliner in the near future?

Patrick Smith

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The myth of the pilotless plane: Make it stop!

Patrick Smith

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The truth about airfare prices

Patrick Smith

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Why do some pilots get the "glamorous" routes?

Patrick Smith

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10 years on, airport security still not getting it

Patrick Smith

Airport Tower

We've been cleared to land. Or have we?

Patrick Smith

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What if an earthquake hits as a plane is landing?

Patrick Smith

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Worst flight ever: Stuck in the smoking section

Patrick Smith

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No smiling pilot after a bumpy landing?

Patrick Smith

Thailand Tourism

Airports, air travel and animals

Patrick Smith

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Airport security gone mad

Patrick Smith

Stranded on Plane

Virgin Atlantic on the hot seat for tarmac delay

Patrick Smith

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Plane delayed? Here's who to blame

Patrick Smith

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Lonely Planet's climate-change warning

Patrick Smith

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United marries Continental: Now what?

Patrick Smith

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EU to phase out carry-on liquid restrictions

Patrick Smith

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