Skygods

Why it’s on the list: A former Pan Am pilot’s account of how the airline that invented international air travel destroyed itself — the 747 order, the deregulation shock, and a cockpit culture that called its senior captains “skygods.”

Where I saw it: A reply to @moseskagan’s question on X, April 13, 2025 — “What historical fiction should I read next?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/moseskagan/status/1911280597928231261

Non-fiction, despite arriving in a historical-fiction thread.

Connections

• What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
• Historical Fiction · Company Building — where this sits in the corpus.