{"product_id":"9781928248149","title":"Secrets From The Cockpit","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Schapiro always wanted to fly. Challenging anti-Semitic bullying, mockery and fierce rivalry, he realised his dream by earning his wings in the South African Air Force and going on to command C-47 Dakotas in the Border War.\u003cbr\u003eHe joined South African Airways (SAA) in 1979, soon learning it was a time when SAA crews were dominated by the 'Royal Family' - captains who thought themselves above the rules and who spent time overseas on drinking binges or coaxing air hostesses to be their 'airline wives'.\u003cbr\u003eWhen sanctions forced SAA to cut back on its routes, he was seconded to Japan's Nippon Cargo Airlines, routinely flying between New York and Tokyo, and grappling with often-hilarious cultural misunderstandings as he adapted to a Japanese style of operations.\u003cbr\u003eSchapiro is disarmingly frank about life as an international pilot. He divulges near misses, emergency landings, navigation errors, passenger shenanigans (seat sex, anyone?), how pilots control rowdy travellers and absorbing detail about the technique of flying different aircraft types. Uplifting and humorous, his memoir offers a rare slice of aviation history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Robert+Schapiro\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eRobert Schapiro\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Robert Schapiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379170820259,"sku":"9781928248149","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781928248149_d6c96d04-089a-4cda-905a-2af3cb3d7555.jpg?v=1776615916","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781928248149","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}