Equal Time Point edition by Harrison Jones Literature Fiction eBooks
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'There has never been a mid ocean ditching by an air carrier jet.' These are the words that haunt Captain Charlie Wells when he realizes that his jumbo jet has a problem over the Atlantic. None of the passengers or crew could know that a disgruntled airline mechanic has sentenced them to a night of terror. As the flight approaches the Equal Time Point and is the most distant from land, Captain Wells and his crew of pilots and flight attendants struggle to avoid making history. While airline personnel, the FAA, and the FBI try to solve the mystery of Tri Con Flight Eleven, a small U.S. Navy ship may be the only hope for the 208 souls on board. Ride along in the cockpit as this routine international flight becomes a nightmare that will require all the flight staff's training to survive. After reading Equal Time Point, frequent flyers and first-time passengers will find themselves studying the emergency procedure card in the seatback before their next flight.
Equal Time Point edition by Harrison Jones Literature Fiction eBooks
I would have loved to give this story more than 2 stars, because the story line itself was interesting, and it kept me reading to see how it would turn out. In any fiction book, you have to suspend belief to some extent, and I have no problem doing that, as I read for entertainment, not to pick apart unrealistic or inaccurate sections of a book. Additionally, had I read this book before the “Miracle on the Hudson” event, I might have dismissed the premise of the story as completely impossible, but I was able to accept it and just go with the story. The best parts of the book were those that dealt with the emergency and how the pilots and crew handled it during and afterward. However, there were some issues that kept me from giving it a higher rating.First, and THE most annoying to me, was that every time the word “too” was the grammatically correct choice, the word “to” was used instead. It was extremely distracting and impossible to ignore. SOMEONE should have caught that along the way; perhaps there is an editor somewhere that should find another line of work!
Next, it was obvious the author had some “unresolved issues” with airline executives and the news media. That’s fine, and I agree that the media often sensationalizes events for the sake of ratings and intrudes upon grieving loved ones inappropriately. However, the author seems to have chosen to take out his frustration with both the media and the executives by exaggerating their bad behavior to the extent that it came across as heavy-handed, not believable, and detracted from the otherwise interesting story line.
Lastly, the pilot named Cody came across to me as an egotistical, immature, sexist know-it-all who was portrayed as a hero to the families of the missing crew. I’ve heard that some pilots can be all of these things; however, his behavior toward the media was immature, rude and unprofessional, not funny as intended. I am not usually sensitive to sexism, but I found it offensive that he constantly referred to the flight attendants as “the girls”, and they, in turn, giggled at his sexist remarks. Additionally, the references to the overweight flight attendant were unnecessary and just plain rude. I’m sure there is a certain amount of banter that takes place among flight crews, just as it does in any occupation, but I felt it was overdone, unprofessional and immature. I do give the author credit for portraying the flight attendant supervisor, who was also a passenger on the plane, as a strong, competent woman who selflessly stepped up and helped out in the emergency.
Hopefully Mr. Jones’ writing skills improved in the books that followed this, his first work. I won't bother to find out. I have discovered the aviation thrillers written by Dana Griffin, also a commercial pilot, and MUCH better author. I am currently reading his second novel, can’t put it down, and hope he writes more before I finish his third.
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Equal Time Point edition by Harrison Jones Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
In the great tradition of airplane thrillers, “Equal Time Point” tells the story of the crew and passengers of a transatlantic airliner doomed to fall out of the sky by the nefarious machinations of a lowly villain. No sympathy is wasted on the dastardly criminal, although a measurable amount of antipathy is showered on the ruthless cost-reducing manager who does what his little cowardly brain can imagine in order to improve the financial position of the airline.
All the members of the crew are courageous, competent and nothing less than shining examples of professionalism, which is good, because otherwise the novel would fall from adventure into tragedy and we cannot have that. Passengers are passengers, as in all such thrillers, some with interesting back-stories, some with useful roles to play, and the vast majority with neither. In an interesting twist, there is a significant part for a likable rogue, the best friend forever of the high and mighty captain.
Overall I’d say that the novel is clearly better than the average airplane thriller. I enjoyed reading it, and I recommend it to those who like this genre.
(Scale * - unreadable, couldn't finish; ** - bad or very bad, but readable; *** - good work, well worth the price; **** - very good in its genre; ***** - timeless masterpiece.)
Overall, having flown over ten million miles myself in commercial aircraft, much of that over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, this book stimulated my full spectrum of reactions. On the one hand, it reminded me of the gratitude we all owe airlines for their employees with integrity and diligence, including perhaps especially their maintenance crews. On the other hand, its story about a manager unfamiliar with the airline business who was given compensation incentives solely to cut costs, and the catastrophic results of that, was chilling.
As to specifics, the amount of information given about the aircraft's functioning and airline flight operations was perfect, every bit of it being extremely interesting. As to action, the book is jam-packed with it, cover to cover. The water ditching had me white-knuckling my chair, which I've never done on real flights that had problems. The search and rescue attempts were absolutely explosive, emotionally. If you become furious about media reports on the rescue, you ought to - their irresponsible coverage is fully realistic. And the ending is a doozie, when the depraved individual responsible for the airplane's failure appears under the most unanticipated circumstances.
Without telling more than the book descriptions above, I'll just say this is one helluva exciting book, cover to cover, excellently composed, with great character development and background stories.
Everyone whose flown commercially, or even just thought about it, will enjoy this superb novel. It's foreboding but uplifting at the same time. In short, it's a GREAT book! The best one about airline disasters I've ever read. Bravo, Harrison Jones!
I would have loved to give this story more than 2 stars, because the story line itself was interesting, and it kept me reading to see how it would turn out. In any fiction book, you have to suspend belief to some extent, and I have no problem doing that, as I read for entertainment, not to pick apart unrealistic or inaccurate sections of a book. Additionally, had I read this book before the “Miracle on the Hudson” event, I might have dismissed the premise of the story as completely impossible, but I was able to accept it and just go with the story. The best parts of the book were those that dealt with the emergency and how the pilots and crew handled it during and afterward. However, there were some issues that kept me from giving it a higher rating.
First, and THE most annoying to me, was that every time the word “too” was the grammatically correct choice, the word “to” was used instead. It was extremely distracting and impossible to ignore. SOMEONE should have caught that along the way; perhaps there is an editor somewhere that should find another line of work!
Next, it was obvious the author had some “unresolved issues” with airline executives and the news media. That’s fine, and I agree that the media often sensationalizes events for the sake of ratings and intrudes upon grieving loved ones inappropriately. However, the author seems to have chosen to take out his frustration with both the media and the executives by exaggerating their bad behavior to the extent that it came across as heavy-handed, not believable, and detracted from the otherwise interesting story line.
Lastly, the pilot named Cody came across to me as an egotistical, immature, sexist know-it-all who was portrayed as a hero to the families of the missing crew. I’ve heard that some pilots can be all of these things; however, his behavior toward the media was immature, rude and unprofessional, not funny as intended. I am not usually sensitive to sexism, but I found it offensive that he constantly referred to the flight attendants as “the girls”, and they, in turn, giggled at his sexist remarks. Additionally, the references to the overweight flight attendant were unnecessary and just plain rude. I’m sure there is a certain amount of banter that takes place among flight crews, just as it does in any occupation, but I felt it was overdone, unprofessional and immature. I do give the author credit for portraying the flight attendant supervisor, who was also a passenger on the plane, as a strong, competent woman who selflessly stepped up and helped out in the emergency.
Hopefully Mr. Jones’ writing skills improved in the books that followed this, his first work. I won't bother to find out. I have discovered the aviation thrillers written by Dana Griffin, also a commercial pilot, and MUCH better author. I am currently reading his second novel, can’t put it down, and hope he writes more before I finish his third.
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