Every day we wake up, we have an opportunity to do some good, but there's so much bad that you have to navigate to get to the good.
I took my first flying lesson in 1967, when I was 16. By October 1968, I had 70 hours in the air and got my pilot's license.
Each generation of pilots hopes that they will leave their profession better off than they found it.
In the bad old days, captains were not good leaders. They didn't build teams; they were arrogant and autocratic.
I went from living my life anonymously for 58 years to being a public figure known globally in a matter of minutes.
It's an important job to be the public face of something that gives people hope, and I take that seriously.
Bigger airplanes, with two aisles instead of one, provide a better experience overall, and I think it's more comfortable.