The kids are alright — aren’t they?
The kids are alright — aren’t they? 1,395 words • 9 minutes In 1965 the up and coming British rock band The Who reserved the 7th track on their debut album for a song called The Kids are Alright. This 1966 proto music video to accompany the song is a great place to...
Investigating an airline accident – Part III
Investigating an airline accident – Part III 1675 words • 10 minutes Ah, finally we get to the meat of an airline accident investigation—when the investigators arrive on the scene and start determining what went wrong and why. In the United States, the Federal...
Investigating an airline accident – Part II
Investigating an airline accident – Part II 1,531 words • 9 minutes Imagine that reports are trickling in that an airliner has crashed. The details are still sketchy and the number of casualties is unknown, but it sounds bad—very bad. The airlines, the regulatory and...
Investigating an airline accident – Part I
Investigating an airline accident – Part I 1431 words • 8 minutes As I write this, experts around the world are poring over the preliminary report on the Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX accident. This is the second 737 MAX to have been lost in recent months and both the...
About Your Average Author
Bios are normally the place to list great achievements and accolades, but since Neal’s are a bit thin the recap of his life is refreshingly brief.
Quite early Neal caught the attention of his teachers as being on the fast track to the cherished 50th percentile in life. It might have been his noteworthy lack of skill, not to mention talents, in areas such as academics, athletics, the arts and drama, or social life. Together they destined him to observer status only. Tragic? No, for it was there that he found his comfortable place in the just average bleachers.