Hauling checks-a novel

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If I was a freight dog, I'd be slightly annoyed at the marketing excerpt. Freight Dogs around here seem to get a little sensitive about being told they were dangerous, or stupid, for doing the kind of flying they do.

The excerpt seems to reinforce every stereotype you guys get irritated with.
 
killbilly said:
If I was a freight dog, I'd be slightly annoyed at the marketing excerpt. Freight Dogs around here seem to get a little sensitive about being told they were dangerous, or stupid, for doing the kind of flying they do.

The excerpt seems to reinforce every stereotype you guys get irritated with.
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Yeah - especially this:

The pilots abuse every Reg in the book in their quest to make deadlines for their high value cargo.
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Ian J said:
Yeah - especially this:
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Precisely.

I admit, I thought once about the idea of writing a screenplay set in the freight-dog world, a la "Air America" and then decided that a) it would suck, no matter how well I wrote it and b) "Air America" had already done it.

Eh....maybe I shouldn't be so harsh. I mean, it's a novel; a creative endeavor that allows the author to take some license for the purposes of entertainment. Okay, fine. I'm just saying that a) I don't like the way it's marketed and b) I would HOPE there was an author's note that said something along the lines of "this is a work of fiction. most freight dogs don't do the things that these colorful characters are doing, etc...."

At least he went and wrote the book. Which is more than I can say for myself.
 
killbilly said:
Precisely.

I admit, I thought once about the idea of writing a screenplay set in the freight-dog world, a la "Air America" and then decided that a) it would suck, no matter how well I wrote it and b) "Air America" had already done it.

Eh....maybe I shouldn't be so harsh. I mean, it's a novel; a creative endeavor that allows the author to take some license for the purposes of entertainment. Okay, fine. I'm just saying that a) I don't like the way it's marketed and b) I would HOPE there was an author's note that said something along the lines of "this is a work of fiction. most freight dogs don't do the things that these colorful characters are doing, etc...."

At least he went and wrote the book. Which is more than I can say for myself.
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I agree - without some sort of interesting sub-plot (murder, love affair, etc), I couldn't imagine how to make a freight novel interesting without some serious creative departures from reality most likely focused on breaking rules, near-death experiences, and frequent insults towards airline pilots.
 
Authors Note:


The pilots and other employees of the air cargo industry are actually nothing like the characters in this novel. They are extremely professional people who have a very high regard for safety.
 
haulingchecks said:
Authors Note:


The pilots and other employees of the air cargo industry are actually nothing like the characters in this novel. They are extremely professional people who have a very high regard for safety.
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I wondered if you were reading this thread.

Glad you chimed in. :)

Gonna buy the book now, too.
 
Ian J said:
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Originally Posted by killbilly
If I was a freight dog, I'd be slightly annoyed at the marketing excerpt. Freight Dogs around here seem to get a little sensitive about being told they were dangerous, or stupid, for doing the kind of flying they do.

The excerpt seems to reinforce every stereotype you guys get irritated with.
Yeah - especially this:

Quote:
The pilots abuse every Reg in the book in their quest to make deadlines for their high value cargo.
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Funny thing is it's true. The good ones pushed the regs to the limit and then some.
 
A-300F4-622R said:
Funny thing is it's true. The good ones pushed the regs to the limit and then some.
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My job was to get cargo to the destination. That's what I did. Was nothing dangerous, it was simply the mission; one with inherent and accepted risks. It's part of the job. Conservative was as-able; truth be told, fully conservative rarely got the mission done.
 
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