Crossing Runways
Read Chapter 1 and see for your
yourself what lies ahead!!
Larry and Alison Deyer are living the good life in a waterfront home on
Long Island, N.Y., but all that is about to change. They work at JFK Airport
as air traffic controllers and are active members of the Air Traffic Control
Union (ATCO). On Aug. 3, 1981, Larry, the union's president, is preoccupied
with the impending strike vote against the FAA, while Alison is about to
give birth to their first child. This pivotal moment creates a turbulent
wake of circumstances when they intersect with disastrous results.
It begins
when the government, desperate for replacement controllers, hires Alison
back to work, but not Larry because she was considered to be on maternity
leave and not on strike like him. It culminates when Alison becomes the
central figure of an investigation involving a tragic "miscommunication"
between her and a military controller hired to replace the strikers. Who's
to blame? Is there an F.A.A. cover-up?
With lost lives and dreams scattered on the runway, the truth emerges in a
Congressional hearing. But it isn't over until Larry goes on trial for
striking illegally against the government. Take a trip inside the world of
air traffic control where Crossing Runways is a metaphor for life.
Chapter Forty-One
from Island Fever is now
available.
The people inhabiting the tranquil paradise island of Caribe struggle
with an important decision. A hotel developer wants to build a spa
hotel on the sparsely habited west end of the island, but only if a runway
is built to accommodate larger aircraft carrying more passengers. Opinion
splits between those who want a new runway and those who want the island
to retain its current size and development. Further complicating the
decision, two different airport plans emerge. One plan calls to
extend the runway at the current airport while another wants to build a
new airport on the east end of the island.
Amid the debate, a commercial jet crashes at the airport, tragically
killing many passengers. The government rules the crash an accident,
but to some the coincidence of the accident is bizarre.
Ford Sullivan, air traffic controller and head of the local union,
begins his own investigation and what he discovers shocks him and shakes
the island to its foundations.
STILL TO COME!!!
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