"Handling the Big Jets" is a great book. It is a bit dated. In fact you will find modern comm. jets much easier to fly than the ones used as typical examples by Davis, (Unlikely now that you will ever get the chance to fly a 707 or VC10!). Davis mentions nothing, of course, about the trend to advanced autoflight systems. However, if you understand the theory that Davis explains you will probably know more than most airline flight centres expect. Can't be bad.
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