Patrick Smith (columnist)

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Cover of Ask the Pilot
Cover of Ask the Pilot

Patrick Smith is an airline pilot, air travel columnist and author. His weekly air travel column, Ask the Pilot, appears every Friday in the online magazine Salon.com. The column first ran in 2002, and takes on everything from the latest urban myths to the trends and travesties of the airlines.

In 2004, his columns were adapted and compiled into a book, Ask the Pilot: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel,[1] which was Amazon.com's choice for Best Travel Book of the year.

Born Patrick Santosuosso, a third-generation descendent of Neapolitan olive growers, he took flying lessons at fifteen and went on to become a C-minus student at St. John's Prep School. In 1990, he earned his first cockpit position, as a copilot on regional turboprops, earning $800 a month. [1]

Smith also pens a weekly column for the Italian newsweekly, Internazionale. An Italian version of his book was published in 2005.

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  1. ^ Smith, Patrick (2004): Ask the Pilot: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel. New York: Riverhead Books. ISBN 1594480044.

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