Airline Puts Pilot in Dangerous Position—and It Results in Disaster

The Chief of the Operation

The captain, Stanley Key, was the one whose voice was the loudest. He was a former Royal Air Force pilot who flew for the British army in WWII. He was a decorated veteran, and he never had a single mark against him while flying in the commercial airline industry following the war. But today, he was acting strangely...

Not Everything Is as It Seems

Despite his unusually high set of skills for a commercial airline pilot, Key was flustered that day. It seemed as if British Airways was using him to cut some corners without consulting him first. Once Key clued into what was going on, he snapped...