Thanks, I'm going to look for the Mental Math for Pilot book and flying the line.

Handling the Big Jets by Davies is the bible for the Cathay interview. Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators is quite good, but very complex. FAA Airplane Flying Handbook, Aviation Weather, and Understanding Performance would be good as well.


Typhoonpilot

Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators is one of the best aviation books ever written. If you dont have a solid math and physics background it is not worth beating your brains out over it.

I'll second this one;)

Jeez, what a classic. I'd say he was disgruntled, wouldn't you?

Handling the Big Jets

- Very technical info of systems to aerodynamics

Yeah, I'd say so. Just trying to help the guy out. He asked about books that will help him before he gets to a major.

So before he's pulling six figures and year and come crazy bizatch wants to take half his stuff and leave him with nothing, he can read a book about what he's in for before it happens.

I would recommend:
fly the wing
command techniques for the left seat by sal J fallucco
Handling the big jets by davies
and for later reading
flying know how by Robert N. Buck

also, I would recommend that you find something else that you can do to make a living that you like. if our economy goes Tango uniform again, you will need it. (something like your own business etc.)

This website !! But the publications above are excellent sources of how things used to be.