1138. A Day in the Life of an Airline Pilot for 44 Years
Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love
Don Hutcheson
5.0 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Kam Majd is an Edgar® Award-nominated author of edge-of-your-seat suspense novels. Kam was an airline pilot for 44 years, including 35 with American Airlines. Born in Iran and educated around the world in his early years, he graduated high school and attended university in Texas. His new book, "High Wire," which has achieved Amazon Bestseller status as #2 in the "Terrorism" category, follows airline pilot Captain Kate Gallagher who finds herself under scrutiny in the aftermath of a plane crash.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, world, welcome to discover your talent, do what you love. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm your host, Don Hutchison. |
| 0:17.2 | Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom. |
| 0:26.6 | On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular or interesting occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what |
| 0:38.7 | they do. |
| 0:39.5 | Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Cam Mudge, and our topic, A Day in |
| 0:45.1 | the Life, what's it really like to be an airline pilot for 44 years? |
| 0:50.4 | Welcome, Cam. |
| 0:51.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:53.1 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:56.5 | It's our pleasure. Cam, are you using your talents doing work that you love i think so i hope so 44 years right that's it's wonderful well a few words about |
| 1:04.0 | cam he was an airline pilot for 44 years 35 with american airlines as a Boeing 777 captain, born in Iran and educated |
| 1:14.5 | around the world in India, Great Britain, and the United States. Cam graduated high school in |
| 1:19.7 | Arlington, Texas, and attended the University of Texas. His new book, Highwire, has just |
| 1:25.5 | been released worldwide. This riveting 286-page novel, which has achieved Amazon bestseller status as the number |
| 1:33.2 | one new release and number two bestseller in the terrorism category, follows Captain |
| 1:38.0 | Kate Gallagher, an airline pilot who finds herself under vicious scrutiny in the aftermath |
| 1:43.0 | of a plane crash. |
| 1:44.8 | Well, you have an amazing life story that we want to dig into here, Cam. |
| 1:48.9 | Just take a minute before we get started on the day of the life. |
| 1:51.4 | Tell us what you're up to right now, what projects you're working on. |
| 1:54.1 | Well, I retired a year ago, and so just getting used to that, a lot of travel, writing, multiple novels. I've got three in the works, |
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