Edward Horne Jr:  

Life Since graduating from the University of Puget Sound (UPS) in 1970 with a BA in history I have been involved with aviation. Entered the USAF as a 2nd Lt. and attended USAF Pilot Training at Williams AFB, AZ. After six years of active duty flying C-130's all over the world, I left the AF and worked for IBM as a marketing representative for two years before getting back to aviation. Little Rock, AR was my last active duty site and where I spent 2 years working for IBM. General Motors Air Transport division hired me in 1978 as a co-pilot and I flew the Convair 580 and the Sabre 75A for GM for a year. During my last year in the USAF I managed to get married and divorced! Fortunately no kids. I left GM in 1979, and went to work for TWA. After nine months with TWA I was furloughed and managed to get a job with Eastern Airlines. After a few years with Eastern I knew the company would not last, so I accepted a recall by TWA in 1985, and watched the company painfully move towards bankruptcy. I left TWA in 1991, and was hired by Japan Airlines as a B747 first officer. I later became the first foreign national to be promoted to Captain at JAL on the B747. Great company and I loved working for the Japanese. In 2001, UPS hired me as a B757/767 flight manager....captain, check airman and instructor and that is where I am today. UPS is a great and progressive company, which by the way got its' start in Seattle, WA in 1907. Throughout ...Expand for more