Letters To The Editor, Meeker, Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Letter from a pilot on Germanwings tragedy

Dear Editor:
“It’s OK that I am away from my family to take you to yours. It’s my job, my pleasure, my passion, my life as a pilot.

I don’t expect you to know that it took me many years and thousands of training hours to be here for you. I have trained in all weather conditions, in many types of aircraft, and in complicated airspace. From a two-passenger, single-engine airplane to the heavy metal…