You’re closer to God up there in the cloud!

My duty as a HR Manager takes me almost weekly to our world headquarters some 45 minutes by air from the plant. A day’s meeting at the HQ warrants for a day trip which I go early in the morning and returns late in the afternoon, on a relatively small fixedwing aircraft. It is a Beechcraft 1900D, 10 times smaller compared to familiar Boeing 737 or 747 or Airbus. The chartered aircraft seats 19 persons in two rows of 8 seats each row. The backseat seats 3 persons horizontally, just like seats in a bus, I mean land bus. There is only only entrance which is in the front.
The cockpit is visible from the passengers at the back in the cabin. No curtain or door. You could see clearly activities in the cockpit. I used to wish how someday I would be in there, but my time has passed I guess.

For those who have never flown in the small aircraft, the feeling is just being in the confined space such as manhole or elevator. You are cramped with a little window with dull view. At the check-in counter, after they check your identity, they take your weight plus your stuff. Earmuff is provided. No refreshment onboard. No welcoming onboard greeting. Only a brief safety briefing on the location of the emergency exit and how to wear the oxygen mask, should it falls from above you.

When it hits the cloud, the aircraft swayed to the left and right and left. You remember God and read all verses from Koran you know so that you will be safe. You remember death and your wife and your kids. You forgot God once it is back on the ground, safely. Well, that’s human.