A father and daughter team! It is rare enough to have a flying father and a flying daughter in the real world, but sharing the same passion so intensely and to write a book together on an all-encompassing aviation Bible, (yes, this book is a Bible for aviators!) is truly unprecedented!

When I said this book covers virtually all topics concerning flight operations, I meant just that. The most important thing is; this book is highly readable, rich in reference materials and data and yet "gripping" to read! A rare gem in terms of human factor topics. I have read other CRM or human factors books by other more renowned and authoritative people but none as good as the Orladys, probably with the exception of Tony Kern, who is also just as good a writer on aviation safety.

Okay, the book covers the brief history of air transport, the industry and its safety record,, a brief history of human factor and its development in aviation,, the physical environment and the physiology of flight, as well as those magnificent flying machines and their internal environment - sort of like a trip down to aviation memory lane.

It also discussed the social environment, basic communication, documentation - including checklists and information management. It went on to discuss on the Man's limitations, human errors, and information processing. Nothing is left unturned, the Orladys went on to talk about workload, automation, situation awareness and operating in today's environment. Of course, they did not miss out on crew resource management and the team approach.

Fatigue and stress were covered in depth, plus fitness to fly, even selection and training of pilots! Most interestingly is the coverage on the challenging roles of the flight attendants, this shift in focus of our cabin colleagues was most insightful.

I loved the chapter on non-punitive incident reporting.. the CHIRP and ASRS were great success stories in UK and USA respectively, I fervently hope that SIA will follow suit in our pursuit of excellence in aviation flight safety.

Another eye-opener chapter is "some ramifications of accident analysis", this is the first time I heard of the "Stop Rule" phenomenon in flight safety investigation - find it out yourself what it means.

In the last few chapters, the Orladys talked about the worldwide safety challenge in the near future, the current safety problems and the future of air transport too.

This is not a book to be missed by any pilot who wish to enrich himself. In fact, I recommend that every single commercial pilot should own a copy for reference purposes as well.

"HUMAN FACTORS IN MULTI-CREW FLIGHT OPERATIONS" co-written by Harry and Linda Orlady - Ashgate ISBN 0-291-39839-1 - Published in 1999

A father and daughter team! It is rare enough to have a flying father and a flying daughter in the real world, but sharing the same passion so intensely and to write a book together on an all-encompassing aviation Bible, (yes, this book is a Bible for aviators!) is truly unprecedented!

When I said this book covers virtually all topics concerning flight operations related topics, I meant just that. The most important thing is; this book is highly readable, rich in reference materials and data and yet "gripping" to read! A rare gem in terms of human factor topics. I have read other CRM or human factors books by other more renowned and authoritative people but none as good as the Orladys, probably with the exception of Tony Kern, who is also just as good a writer on aviation safety.

Okay, the book covers the brief history of air transport, the industry and its safety record,, a brief history of human factor and its development in aviation,, the physical environment and the physiology of flight, as well as those magnificent flying machines and their internal environment - sort of like a trip down to aviation memory lane.

It also discussed the social environment, basic communication, documentation - including checklists and information management. It went on to discuss on the Man's limitations, human errors, and information processing. Nothing is left unturned, the Orladys went on to talk about workload, automation, situation awareness and operating in today's environment. Of course, they did not miss out on crew resource management and the team approach.

Fatigue and stress were covered in depth, plus fitness to fly, even selection and training of pilots! Most interestingly is the coverage on the challenging roles of the flight attendants, this shift in focus of our cabin colleagues was most insightful.

I loved the chapter on non-punitive incident reporting.. the CHIRP and ASRS were great success stories in UK and USA respectively, I fervently hope that SIA will follow suit in our pursuit of excellence in aviation flight safety.

Another eye-opener chapter is "some ramifications of accident analysis", this is the first time I heard of the "Stop Rule" phenomenon in flight safety investigation - find it out yourself what it means.

In the last few chapters, the Orladys talked about the worldwide safety challenge in the near future, the current safety problems and the future of air transport too.

This is not a book to be missed by any pilot who wish to enrich himself, you may get this book from AMAZON dot com. Hardcover costs US$109.95! and papaerback costs US$44.95!

Credits:

Capt Harry W Orlady was a B747 captain for United Airlines, he has contributed a lot in the CRM research works with NASA's AMES Research Centre in California.

Linda M Orlady, a GA instructor pilot and an expert in organizational behaviour.

Eddie Foo

This book was interesting, but nothing much happened in the book. While there were many little events, there was nothing big. Brides of Eden wasn't my favorite, and there are better books out there.

This book will keep you riveted with the power of language used, and the situations these naive young women find themselves in. I read this book in one day, nonstop, because I thought it was so good.

I was priveleged to read an advance copy of Linda Crew's new book and to interview her and write a review for the local paper. This is a wondeful book. It is the story of a charming young man, Joshua, who comes to Corvallis, Oregon and manages to start a religious cult, populated mostly by young women. The story is told from the point of view of a 16 year old girl, Eva Mae Hurt, a real person who lived there and then. Her family was very involved with Joshua. Most of the information was culled from newspaper reports from the time, but (apparently), the Holy Rollers are local lore; Crew said she has always known about them. Crew imbues Eva Mae with a vivid personality and thoughts, and, although none of them can be verified, they make sense given the age and situation. This book inspired me to read all of Crew's other books, which I enjoyed. Although all but one are written for Young Adults, some adults will enjoy them. In the case of "Brides of Eden," it definitely will appeal to both young adults and adults. Come learn a bit about old Corvallis, back when it was populated by 2,000, not 50,000 people!

This is one of the best choices I made in books. It's about a 13 year old named Storie who lives at Blue Star Camp. A fire is burning the woods down, but for a long time she and her family think it's so far from them that it doesn't matter. Of course, it soon comes dangerously close to them, and everyone must leave. Storie's father is required to try to fight the fire with the other men, but she is terrified about this and ventures out to save him. In the end, she escapes and tells her grandchildren about the natural disaster that happened to her as a kid. It's very exciting, fast-paced, touching, and just an overall great book. Yes, I highly recommend "Fire on the Wind."

The book Fire on the Wind by Linda Crew is a great book and very hard to put down. It has many thrilling and gripping scenes. No one could have written better historical-fiction about the real Tillamook Burn in Oregon in 1933 that burned over 200 acres of forest. It almost seems as if the characters are real. While reading, I almost feel like I'm actually there, like I'm part of the story. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a good well-written historical-fiction book.

It was like a window into life in a logging camp in the 30's during the Tillamook burn. It was interesting to see how much society has changed in the last 6 decades. I would recommend this book to any one!

A coming of age story with a difference; Linda Crew's young heroine comes from a stable,
middle class family that has done a good job of raising their two children, twins Kathy and Kenny.

Kathy struggles with choices typical for teenagers in the sixties and makes intelligent decisions.
She isn't perfect, just smart. She also is funny, scattered, passionate and thoroughly likable.

Each anecdote rings true, from her disappointing audition for "The Miracle Worker" to the
confrontation with a group of "jocks" one morning before school. Linda Crew makes Kathy a real girl, someone to cry with, cheer for and relate to.

The problems Kathy faces as a teenager in the sixties are the same problems teenagers are
dealing with now. Her ability to make wise choices makes her an excellent heroine and role
model, not just for kids but for their parents too.

I don't know what it is with this book but somehow the word jump out at you. It's so realistic, the characters really live. It's almost as if Linda Crew is writing an autobiography of her own life. Rulez.

In Children of the River, Crew depicts many issues in her novel that could be appreciated and explained toyoung adolescents who read this book. I think that two major human concerns that are talked about often in this book is love and the value of knowing your culture background and the struggles. These concerns are seen throught he personal experiences of the protagonis Sundara, a 16-year-old refugee from Cambodia.
The reason why I think this novel talks a lot about family is because Sundara is forced to leave her family behind in Cambodia while she lives her life here in America. Sundara realizes that it is not easy leaving the ones you love in another country and not knowing anything about them. During the time that the Vietnamese War was going on, there was no way of knowing who had lived and who was dead. By Sundara leaving her family behind, the realized how much it meant to have a family. As the story begins to unroll itself, you begin to learn a lot about the Cambodian culture.
One thing that Crew really points out is how in the Cambodian culture it is essential that a young girl marry the Khmer way. In other words, the father of the girl chooses whom his daughter will marry. Sundara is cuaght between two worlds in this book. She must choose between her family's way of living or the American way. The one characteristic that Crew depicts in her novel is love interest of the opposite sex. Sundara is forbidden to see an American boy whom she falls in love with only because he's white. Sako, Sundara's aunt tells her, "Forget American boys. Do you want to be married and divorced, over and over? You deserve better. Hold yourself above this Niece. You must marry the Khmer way." Now it is important for Sundara to find her place in the culture in which she now lives, but also in the culture she left behind by sacrificing her own happiness. Throughout the book, Crew develops the story to where the reader is hooked and will not put the book down.
I would definitely recommend this book to young reader because it talks a lot about the Cambodian culture, the struggles that they went through during the Vietnam war, and how one can overcome the fear of living in a new country. Overall, the reader gets a small history lesson and most interesting gets to engage in a love story.

Children of the River by Linda Crew is a very good book. I think it shows the struggles that could be going on inside someone, when they have to adapt to a new country and have a conflict of cultures including memories of a terrifying past, in an understanding way. The style of writing narrates the book and especially the characters' emotions and conflicts in a very compelling way that draws you into the book. The story is about a young Cambodian girl named Sundara who escapes with her aunt's family from the frightening threat of the Khmer Rouge invasion of Cambodia. Her family starts up a new life in America but the horrors she saw in her city in Cambodia still haunt her and she misses her country and her parents and siblings a lot. She also feels torn between her native culture and traditions and her new exciting American life which includes an American boy she loves. I would recommend Children of the River because the culture that is shown in the book is very interesting and because the characters seem very real and you get drawn into the book. The culture is shown in places all through the book and you learn interesting little things about Sundara and her family's beliefs and traditions as you are reading it. Events and the characters' emotions are shown with great detail and understanding, like when Sundara's aunt finds out that Sundara has been very upset inside about how hard she treats her and that Sundara thinks that her aunt blames her for the death of a baby. This is a very powerful part of the book. Someone may disagree with my recommendation of this book because they may say that the book is too dramatic, and so this would make it unrealistic. An example of this could be when Sundara kind of has a crying fit and half faints and has so stay in bed for a while. Her Grandmother thinks it is the spirit of the dead baby that haunts her but it is because Sundara has been so worried and tortured by the thought that her aunt blames her for the death of the child, and by memories of things in Cambodia. Things like this may be dramatic but I think they're still realistic because in a culture like Sundara's, where children are encouraged to not speak openly of their emotions and have to hold them inside themselves, then it can be very upsetting when there is a conflict. I recommend this book, it's an amazing and gripping read. I loved it!

In Children of the River by Linda Crew is a really good book for young readers, and also adults will enjoy this story about a Cambodian girl named Sundara that comes to this country with her aunt's family in order to escape war. One of the many universal concerns in this book is the desire to belong. Sundara is caught between two worlds, one to respect the obligations she has to her Khmer family and the expectations of her American classmates. This is difficult for Sundara when she falls in love with Jonathan an American boy, and her family does not approve. For example her aunt tells her, " I don't want to talk so hard, but like I tell you so many times, in my country a girl doesn't go out with a boy". She must obey her family's rules or face exclusion. Her aunt tells her, "Forget American boys". Do you want to be divorced over and over again? You deserve better.
A wonderful story that has love, history, and tragedy all in one book. Teenagers can identify themselves with the struggle to maintain balance between family life and life at school.

Wow! This is an amazing book. I wish there was a sequel...prequel...whatever!

What happens in this book is that Shelby is visiting her cousins, aunts, and uncles in a cabin that her family has owned for years and years--her great-grandfather built it! She's so excited about seeing her cousins.

Her one-year-older cousin, Kristen, though, has really changed. She talks about her boyfriend almost nonstop, who had told her "it's death to be apart". Plus, she spends her money all on makeup and fashion magazines with stupid quizzes. Then she meets Tanya Dymond!

Tanya is so grown-up and is terribly mean and sarcastic. Plus, her father is tearing down a path that had been used for as long as Shelby's family has been there!

Shelby also has to face the fact that her favorite uncle, Jack, is getting married, and she's afraid of loosing him.

The book was funny, and I love Linda Crew. Children of the River was a masterpiece!