A Crew To Salute!

Just before noon today, Eastern time, Continental flight 61 from Brussels landed safely in Newark (NJ) . The pilot, aged 61, died mid-flight. Two others took the controls and continued the flight.

The pilot; whose family and friends will be very upset, of course; died with his boots on, as they say. That is probably the way most of us would like to go . . . in the middle of doing what we usually do every day.

This story should give us all confidence that when we fly, we are with professional people and that is very encouraging. Let us take a minute to thank God and to salute the crew on this flight.