{"id":89259,"date":"2025-02-15T07:33:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T07:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/airline\/geekinthecockpit-fourteen-years\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T07:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T07:33:30","slug":"geekinthecockpit-fourteen-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=89259","title":{"rendered":"Geekinthecockpit: Fourteen Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-2691796765614454848\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<p>\u00a0At the end of the month I will mark 14 years as an Airline Pilot. This career has been interesting. 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