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Summary: MY FAVORITE NEW AUTHOR, THE NEW HEMINGWAY!
Review:
From the desk of G. Gordon Liddy:
How to describe a 300-page gem? Keshner bashes the Clintons, the Arabs, the Saudis, the muslims, all minorities and himself. He is constantly in pursuit of the truth, the meaning of life, and a living flying airplanes, but he knows that life is too important to be taken seriously!
This is a guy whose book was published in April of 2001 ( five months before the 9/11 incident ), who is talking about Osama, Small Pox, Anthrax, Jets being shot down ( TWA-800 ), and the Abu Sayeff guerillas... Surely, this gentleman is a Mossad agent who spent many years in the Middle-East. Anyway, read the book, it is a scream, a hoot and a holler.
Rating:
Summary: FUN, FRIGHTENING, AND SAD...
Review:
Some of the other reviewers are pretty brutal with
Keshner's book. Come on, lighten up a little! The
stories are alternately funny, sad, shocking or just
chilling. Pilots are exposed as being just as messed
up (or more), than the general population. Very un-PC,
there is something here to offend everyone,
especially Arabs, particularly Saudis.
On the surface, Keshner seems to be morally ambiguous,
emotionally detached. I detect however, a basically decent
man forced to play a lot of games just so he can pursue the
love of his life, flying.
Six stars for the flying, the raw truth, and one star deducted for being poorly edited and
proofread. Its OK to go with a small publisher, no offense but use pros next time...
Still, this book is a little diamond in the rough!
Rating: 
Summary: Great stories
Review: **WARNING**
If you want a politically correct book to read go elsewhere.
(Especially if you're a gay Arab from Saudi Arabia)
Keshner is just a regular guy who lived out his dream of being a pilot. He's not a pretty boy, politically correct, metrosexual writer. He's just like you and me; living and breathing as a flawed person, trying to make it in life. The stories come across as real and not dressed up to impress the reader of some PC holiness on Keshner's part.
The book is a collection of stories of life as a regular guy pilot. It is sometimes crude, racist, sexist, pornographic, and proudly heterosexual. In other words, you're reading the story as if you were sitting with Keshner at a bar over beers listening to all that he's experienced.
To be honest, the book deserves two stars for the low-quality of writing that Keshner puts forth; if you're a college English professor teaching writing, you'll go nuts reading the book. On the basis of content, however, I give the book four stars.
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Summary: FLYING STORIES & LIFE STORIES BLEW ME AWAY!
Review: Every five years or so you read a book that changes your life, and your perspective towards life... this book is one of them.It is poorly edited, but so chock full of terrific tales, raw truth, and insight that who cares. Keshner is indeed a genius, and his flying / travel stories are treasures.
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Summary: OUTRAGEOUS, RAW, MESSY, YET BRILLIANT
Review: I MADE THE MISTAKE OF TAKING A PILOT FRIEND OF MINE'S ADVISE AND BOUGHT "COCKPIT CONFESSIONS."
IT HAS BEEN A MISTAKE, 'CAUSE NOW I CAN'T STOP RE-READING IT. EVERY TIME I PICK IT UP I FIND SOMETHING NEW TO CHEW ON.
THE FLYING STORIES ARE GREAT, THE TRAVEL IS TO DIE FOR, AND THE WRITING BRINGS YOU RIGHT INTO THE HEAD OF KESHNER, ONE BRILLIAN TWISTED-SISTER!
ARABS BEWARE, HE DUMPS ALL OVER YOU.
Rating:
Summary: UN-P.C. *** UNASHAMED *** UNBELEIVABLY TERRIFIC!
Review: IF WHAT TURNS YOU ON IS FLYING; TRAVEL; THE GUYS; CALLING A SPADE A SPADE; SEX; RAW-REALITY; GUT-HONESTY; AND ARAB BASHING,
THIS IS ALL THE BOOK THAT YOU NEED!
THE BOOK IS AN EDITORIAL MESS, BUT THERE IS A HELL OF A PEARL IN THE SLOPPY MESS OF THIS OYSTER...
I READ THESE STORIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND NEVER GET TIRED OF THEM.
KESHNER IS A GENIUS... THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN MAY OF 2001, PUBLISHED FOUR MONTHS BEFORE 9-11, AND HE IS ONTO THE SAUDIS, RADICAL ISLAM, OSAMA, THE ABU SAYEFF GUERILLAS IN MINDINAO, AND THE DOWNING OF TWA-800 BY A TERRORIST MISSILE.
WHY DOESN'T THE CIA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GUY, AND OTHERS LIKE HIM ON THE GROUND, OUT THERE?
Rating:
Summary: MY GOD, IT'S BRILLIANT!
Review: It has been many years since I've read a book that affects me as does COCKPIT CONFESSIONS. I had no idea what to expect, the title certainly doesn't prepare you for this odyssey. A brilliant journey, raw and blinding. This is the first book since JAWS and THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, which I read in one sitting... now, I open COCKPIT at random, and the 2nd and 3rd readings are still great.
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Summary: A roller coaster of a reading ride!
Review: It is a jarring experience to read this book. The mindless sexual obsession of (many of the) pilots and their many gutter-mouthed conversations paint a bleak picture of a profession most of us have considered a bit glamorous. But, among these stories are surprisingly sensitive revelations by the author of his personal struggles and self-criticism. A mix of bigot, and culturally-receptive traveler, Mr. Keshner is totally unpredictible. I am reminded of the poem about the rose growing from the dung-heap, and feel that the entire 'tribally-required' lip service to the gross becomes the agar of dung in this pilot's laboratory-arboretum.... am I reading too much into a brilliant allegory? Buy it, read it... I've been re-reading at random, and enjoying the stories over again.
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Summary: What a wast of time
Review: It speaks volumes that Bill O'Reily loved this book.
The book is a horrid waste of time and waste of money. The sexist attitude towards flight attendants, homophobic comments, and childish approach towards 'scoring with a stew', is what you would expect from a High Schooler and not a pilot.
I've worked for an airline for years, spent many hours in cockpit and never experienced the outrageous behavior the author has described. Pilots sleeping on the floor while a newbie on a 747 flies the entrie HNL-AKL leg, does not happen. If it did, all three pilots should lose their ticket.
Don't waste your time/money or encourage the author by purchasing or reading this trash.
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Summary: THIS RABBI IS DESTINY'S CHILD... GREAT BOOK!
Review: Some reviewers call it drivel, or "sophomoric" (whatever that's supposed to mean) at Keshner, yet COCKPIT CONFESSIONS has everything for me. An absolute perfect mix of flying stories, travel, coming of age, angst, sex, and political incorrectness (incorrectitude?). The book keeps calling me back, and I find that I can open it anywhere, begin reading, and always seem to enjoy something new / exciting. The one thing I can say with certainty is that the book is REAL. We get the true grit of reality, and find that pilots are real people, with real libidos, and real neuroses. The only change I want is MORE.
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