One other aspect that astonishes me, is that many aviators have served in the airlines yet are segregated from those making airline use decisions for a company.
This "biographical meditation" by noted novelist Gordon examines the life of an individual who still astonishes, fascinates and inspires us half a millennium after her fiery end.
At a pace which astonishes international relief workers, especially those who know aid-addicted Bosnia, they are ordering timber from Montenegro, glass from Bulgaria and bricks from Serbia.