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- Jet Star Publishing
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- February 4, 2012
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After a ten-year leave, Kathryn Jacobs has been invited back to the N.T.S.B to investigate a series of unexplained airline crashes. But her husband, Captain Bill Jacobs, has his concerns. While her twin daughters are off at camp, and Bill is actively campaigning for the Pilot Union Presidency, Kathryn secretly begins her investigation. What she learns will shock the nation. Flight For Control is a thriller that reads like a mystery. But to Kathryn, there is no mystery on the condition of the airline industry—it’s broken. Planes are crashing. Pensions are lost. Pilots are financially and emotionally bankrupt due to fatigue, furloughs, and loss of seniority. It’s time that someone takes control before it’s too late—unless it already is. Your life is in your pilot’s hands. Do you know who’s flying your plane Read more
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| Publisher | Jet Star Publishing |
|---|---|
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Publication date | February 4, 2012 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| File size | 1.1 MB |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
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Karlene Petitt is a Brilliant new Novelist: Flight For Control
Format: Paperback
FLIGHT FOR CONTROL Certainly, both author Karlene Petitt and Jet Star Publishing, Inc., should be applauded for the debut novel, "Flight For Control". Not often do we see a home run hit on the first time at bat, but folks, I'm telling you, Ms. Petitt has hit one out of the park! It is hard to believe this is her first book. Prologues are usually dry reading at best, just background information to set the stage for the story line of the book, generally boring stuff. However, in "Flight for Control" there's no boredom in the Prologue I assure you, "It blew my sox off!" It was exciting, breathtaking, shocking, horrifying, and absolutely brilliant, and that was just the prologue! I feared following the build up and the crescendo-like prologue, the author would not be able to continue the pace and hold that level of intensity throughout the book. However, Ms. Petitt was able to develop her characters and weave the webs of deceptions, lies and exploits with the obvious expertise of a professional craftsman that she is. I have authors who contact me regularly to review their books. I sometimes have a difficult time getting "into" their book, sometimes it takes several chapters for me to really get interested and involved, depending on how well the characters develop and how the background information is presented. Oftentimes I am bored. In Flight for Control, I was really "into this book" by the first paragraph, and I believe you will be too. I suspect you might not be able to put this book down, as I was captured and held hostage by this author myself. My old eyes were stinging and watering, and I was cross-eyed before I would stop reading this book at night. Reluctantly I would close the book to hope for morning, only to start reading again first thing. The author's vast working knowledge of aviation worked to her advantage, but she never let the professional jargon overwhelm the reader and was able to keep it simple without being condescending. Her love for aviation was abundantly clear though the industry's problems in reality was good fodder for the plot and gave credibility to the fictional storyline. I have always said a great book must have three ingredients to be a "hit". First, it must have airplanes; second, it must have a great plot and third, it must include sex. Folks this is absolutely a great book! I can't wait until Karlene Petitt's next novel is published. Between you and me, I want to read more about sexy Darby and her experiences, (grin), but Neil's a loser... I understand there is a sequel to this book coming in the near future... Flight for Control is a great read for aviation enthusiasts and non-flyers alike. If you like a grand mystery and a thriller with lots of twists and turns in the plot, then you will enjoy this book. In my opinion, Karlene Petitt is a prodigy and will learn exponentially from this first experience, and the next one will be even better. Petitt is already in the league of Nance, Coonts, Griffin, Thor and Berent. Watch for amazing things from Karlene Petitt. Read her book Flight for Control. I highly recommend it! JR Hafer, Aviation Writer
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Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2012 by J. R. Hafer
Well Worth Reading, But Needs a Copy Editor...
Format: Kindle
This is the first of three related novels (self) published so far by this talented writer. Ms. Pettit's many fans understand that number four is in the works. Through well crafted fiction, this active commercial pilot is a woman on a serious mission, that of improving aviation safety. She is a wonderful story teller while always selling the underlying message of safety. Her books are page-turners and truly fun to read. If her books to date have a single fault is is the obvious lack of a Non-Self, professionally skilled copy editor. She is simply far too close to the work(s) to edit them. Despite the extremely skilled writing, the economies of attempting to self-edit are false economies and that have cost her dearly. (She is not the first and won't be the last.) In the hands of a professional editor, Ms. Pettit's books could become best sellers. When her next opus is ready, perhaps she will reconsider.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2015 by Cedarglen
Just when you thought it was safe to board an airplane...
Format: Kindle
...along comes Flight for Control. Planes are crashing, and no one knows why. Former NTSB accident investigator Katherine Jacobs, pilot wife and mother, thinks she knows the answer—if only someone would listen. But as her desperate, unofficial and illegal investigation unfolds—and unravels—the answer appears to lie frighteningly close to home. Set in the volatile modern airline industry, Flight for Control reads like an aerobatic mystery thriller, with more twists, turns, loops and spins than a flying circus. But the story goes much deeper than that, raising very serious and very real safety issues about today’s airline industry, run by greedy CEO’s and flown by exhausted, stressed out pilots. As a fellow airline pilot and novelist, I can attest to the authenticity of Ms. Petitt’s novel, and the serious realities of the industry to which she speaks. The characters are rounded, complex and believable, the plot solid, fast paced and sound, with an explosive ending. A modern thriller bound to satisfy the harshest of critics!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2013 by Eric Cap'n Aux Auxier
Flight for Control ... Is a Success!
Format: Hardcover
I should state up front that while I've never met Karlene - I count her as a friend and we work together on FlightPodcast.com - if that means you're discounting my review, then so be it - Your Loss! I really enjoyed Flight For Control. It's an ambitious write for a first time author - not that we can really call Karlene a first time author - as a Mother of 3, Grandmother of 6, I'm sure she's been spinning all of them yarns for years. The first chapter launches you into a sharpening tale of a major aviation accident that kills all onboard a Domestic 737. As someone who has 20+ years in Aviation - I couldn't help but empathise with the major theme of the book - the plight of US pilots and the de-regulated airline industry at large so clearly communicated through the events and characters portrayed. But this tale is about the characters and their hopes and dreams as well, and I quickly got into those too. After the accident, Karlene then adventurously heads off to draw on the lives of multiple protagonists over the succeeding chapters, but quickly draws them together into the plot. By about 40 pages I was hooked and kept skipping ahead to see what was going to happen, only to have to double back and re-read what I thought I'd read, to make sure I hadn't missed anything. I may have to read it again ... If you're in or interested in aviation - you'll enjoy Flight For Control. Otherwise if you want to read about life in US aviation from a an insider who can really spin a story (clearly drawn from multiple aspects of the industry itself) - read this book. Ken Pascoe ([...])
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Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2012 by Meg A.
For suspense and an enjoyable read, get a copy of Flight for Control !
Format: Paperback
Like many pilots, I am critical of aviation stories, especially fiction where attempts at trade jargon and verbose descriptions are added for filler. Before I finished the prologue intro, I was hooked on this story line, and where Karlene would take it. True to Aviation terminology, her experience as a pilot, and her ability as a budding novelist (though I say her a writing ability has passed the developmental stages, and she successfully tells a great story), hold your attention. She adds adult situations which I enjoyed. I felt it was appropriate for today's action novels, and well blended to the story line. The underlying theme and plot made me cringe, and to think the depth of collusion involved at first seemed too farfetched to be believable. Yet she ties it together well. Unfortunately, the reality of the past few years in aviation have started to meet up with her fiction. Pilots and Pax beware! Enjoy a good suspenseful read. My copy was the Kindle Ed. Before the end, many charachters become like friend and family, and others villians. I miss spending time with my friends, and anxiously anticipate the next book. I highly recommend this book!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2013 by Thomas D.
Had a lot of trouble downloading it and it kept disappearing from my kindle
Format: Kindle
This is, obviously, not the author's fault, but I admit it affected my enjoyment of the book. I will have to get one of her others and read it to see if the problem continues. Had to call Amazon help line to get it fixed, and they could not figure out what the problem is. Okay, on the positive side, I think the airline industry is a fabulous venue for thrillers and really want to read the next one. I grew up in the industry and it was sort of like having a visit with much-missed old friends to read something so set in that culture. The author really knows her business and really puts you in the culture and the cockpit.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2020 by Darragh V. Metzger
"Control" is about flight and life
Format: Kindle
Even if I weren't an aviation buff, I'd love this book. It's never easy to balance the technical with the human aspects of a story, but Karlene Petitt pulls it off magnificently. The prologue is gripping, it takes control of you, and pulls you in, like that airliner seemingly took control of the crew. It makes you want to unravel the mysteries of that doomed flight, as Kathryn Jacobs is compelled to do, in spite of all the forces working against her. Far from whatever the print equivalent of "chick flick" is, this is a truly engrossing mystery and a compelling reminder of the importance of not losing our dream, that we should cherish the sustaining life blood of our friends, and that we should never lose our true selves in another person or thing.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2012 by Marc Santacroce
Fasten your seatbelts for the Flight of your life!
Format: Hardcover
Flight For Control is an eye-awakening, humoristic, gasp-inducing aviation thriller, that has picked at and tickled my brain unlike any before. It will keep you up at night. The plot revolving around the lives of aviation related individuals gave a sense of belonging, being a commercially licensed, and aspiring airline pilot myself. The character development is immense, especially that of the main protagonist and antagonist, as they continued to shock the reader as the plot thickens beyond solidity. Flight For Control brings insight upon the current status, or status-quo, not only of the airline industry but all of Aviation. Petitt used her years of experience to put suspenseful and informative together and meshed it all in 69 jaw-dropping chapters. I already can't wait to read the next and/or see it on the big screen!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2012 by Ramiel Migue