johnl.org » dream http://johnl.org Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:16:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 No light at the end of the runway http://johnl.org/2009/09/01/no-light-at-the-end-of-the-runway/ http://johnl.org/2009/09/01/no-light-at-the-end-of-the-runway/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:05:21 +0000 johnl http://johnl.org/?p=148 Caravans on the runway

Caravans on the runway

Airline jobs once inspired respect and envy. But at Los Angeles International Airport about 100 airline employees - from mechanics to pilots - are living in mobile homes parked just yards from one of the busiest runways in the world.

BBC News link here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8186690.stm

This story of mechanics and pilots living under the planes they fly is really quite depressing, and quite Ballardian. The article details how the dream of flying, the mystique and chic, have been stripped away. These men who followed their dream have found nothing at the end of the road.

Bob Poster, airline pilot, even looks like a Ballardian hero/anti-hero:

Bob Poster, airline pilot

Bob Poster, airline pilot

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