Jamie Beckett's Politics for Pilots is a weekly column that appears as a popular blog posting on GeneralAviationNews.com. The column is irreverently casual, but insightful and written with a high degree of professionalism. It's actually interesting, too.
Beckett is a well known aviation writer who has the exact credentials to write a column that mixes general aviation with politics. He's a flight instructor, an airframe and powerplant mechanic, and he holds elective office as a city commissioner in Winter Haven, Florida - where he has significant input into the operation and management of Gilbert Field, which he describes as the best general aviation airport in the world.
Beckett might be right, and he might be wrong, but he's certainly not afraid of taking a position.
The Loose Cannon View is a collection of his Politics for Pilots columns for the year 2011.
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