[vitiral]

My favorite bit

Sioux City Approach: "United Two Thirty-Two Heavy, the wind's currently three six zero at one one; three sixty at eleven. You're cleared to land on any runway."

Haynes: "[laughter] Roger. [laughter] You want to be particular and make it a runway, huh?"

[userbinator]

Pilots need to be calm under high pressure, because they know that panic means certain death. I suspect that selects for a certain type of personality who can make light of any situation.