Checking In / Checking Out

Schaberg and Yakich have written the perfect airplane read. Their book is actually two in one: reversible. One side relates behind-the-scenes stories of an ex-employee of United Airlines (2001-2003) at the Gallatin Field Airport outside Bozeman, Montana. The other side tells the story of one man's lifelong efforts to cure a fear of flying. With sincerity and irreverence, these two tales wrestle with issues of travel, work, technology, security, faith, reading, writing, and parenthood. Ultimately, the book opens up a space between the two sides where readers can become more mindful of their own experiences of air travel.