"Do you want to fly this leg?" It's Capt. Bill, my flying buddy, once again demonstrating his seemingly limitless generosity. I met Bill while attending Cessna Citation C J1 recurrent training at SimCom in Orlando, Florida, where he was my instructor. He now manages and flies a CJ2+ based in Hilton Head, South Carolina, for a cool company. Sometimes he hires me to be his first officer/ co-captain. Let's face it: Getting to fly a great airplane for a really nice group of people with a captain who has done-and seen-it all is about as rich as a butterscotch sundae. Add in Bill's preternatural amiability, and you have a recipe for enjoyment that borders on the outrageous. "No," I say. "Thanks, though. You're all settled in the seat with headset, so let's just keep our spots as we left them a week ago when we landed here (in Charlottesville, Virginia)."
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