Hauling Checks - A dark comedy about aviation

haulingchecks · 02-20-2010, 07:56 PM

I'm a cargo pilot. In the industry, I'm known as a "Freight Dog." I fly canceled checks and other types of high-value cargo around the country, mostly at night, in airplanes that are older than I am. Flying freight-or "work" as we call it-in small, twin-engine aircraft is a lesser known side of the aviation world. Our day starts when banker's hours end. Thousands of flights move millions of pounds of work from city to city every night while the rest of the country is asleep.
We're out there in the freezing rain getting de-iced when you're laying down for bed. We're sweeping the snow off our wings with a broom at three in the morning. That horrible thunderstorm you heard last night while you were sleeping, we were flying through it. The fog you woke up to in the early morning hours, we were landing in it.

Hauling Checks is a comedy about the darker side of aviation. A cast of degenerate pilots, who work for a shady night time air cargo operation, take you on a flight through the unfriendly skies. The pilots abuse every Reg in the book in their quest to make deadlines for their high value cargo. As the company falls on hard times, management resorts to questionable measures to save the failing airline.

http://www.haulingchecks.com

Reviews:

http://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com...y-fiction.html

http://podpeep.blogspot.com/2010/02/...ng-checks.html

http://ziarias.blogspot.com/2010/02/...uthor-for.html

Download Hauling Checks at Smashwords for $1.99 with this code: EC23A

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/5892

dreams · 02-20-2010, 08:23 PM

Welcome to MR, haulingchecks

What an interesting job, and I never knew that was what happened with checks.

We love to support MR author members who actively participate in our forums plus, even better, offer their books in multiple formats without DRM and geographic restrictions.

Enjoy exploring the forums, jump in, and ask questions if you want to know something. Let us get to know you and you us... Have fun.

desertgrandma · 02-20-2010, 08:35 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, hauling checks

haulingchecks · 02-20-2010, 08:55 PM

Dreams and Desertgrandma,

Thanks for the welcome!

Alex

lene1949 · 02-21-2010, 01:41 AM

Hi Alex

Welcome to MobileRead...

You're book sounds like it's a seriously funny read, and I went and got it at Smashwords. Thanks for the coupon.

Katti's Cat · 02-21-2010, 04:10 AM

Hi & welcome to MR and many thanks for the coupon.

Kevin2960 · 02-21-2010, 04:39 AM

Welcome Alex to MR , and can i just say I love your Site, getting my PRS-600 next week, and will buy your book then, Can't wait to read it !

Regards and Best Wishes

haulingchecks · 02-22-2010, 08:33 AM

Thanks everyone, for the welcome and I hope you all enjoy my book!

haulingchecks · 03-07-2010, 07:12 PM

Review from metroreader.blogspot.com

Irreverent Comedic Read!,

Examining the hilarious underside of the cargo shipping business is Hauling Checks by Alex Stone. The narrator is a "freight dog," a cargo pilot, employed by Checkflight, a company that primarily transports checks for banks. Unfortunately, for Checkflight the modern world is transitioning from paper instruments of payment to electronic payments. This drives the unscrupulous company to extreme cost-cutting measures such as using barely serviceable planes to employing pilots with sketchy or non-existent credentials.

As Checkflight's business situation worsens the Chief, the owner, concocts increasingly desperate measures to keep the company flying, including, transporting farm animals; illegal drugs; and money laundering. In the midst of this chaos is the narrator, a relatively conscientious pilot, who is surrounded by a cast of misfits, drunkards, pathological liars, and other degenerates.

Stone is a talented writer with a deft comedic touch. For instance, witness this passage:

What's your first instinct when the Feds show up for a ramp check? Show them your certificates? Maybe if you work for another airline. If you work for Checkflight, set the plane on fire and run for the fence. If you get caught, deny everything, claim you've never seen the plane before in your life.

Hauling Checks is an irreverent and entertaining read!

02-20-2010, 07:56 PM	#1
haulingchecks Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: pc	Hauling Checks - A dark comedy about aviation I'm a cargo pilot. In the industry, I'm known as a "Freight Dog." I fly canceled checks and other types of high-value cargo around the country, mostly at night, in airplanes that are older than I am. Flying freight-or "work" as we call it-in small, twin-engine aircraft is a lesser known side of the aviation world. Our day starts when banker's hours end. Thousands of flights move millions of pounds of work from city to city every night while the rest of the country is asleep. We're out there in the freezing rain getting de-iced when you're laying down for bed. We're sweeping the snow off our wings with a broom at three in the morning. That horrible thunderstorm you heard last night while you were sleeping, we were flying through it. The fog you woke up to in the early morning hours, we were landing in it. Hauling Checks is a comedy about the darker side of aviation. A cast of degenerate pilots, who work for a shady night time air cargo operation, take you on a flight through the unfriendly skies. The pilots abuse every Reg in the book in their quest to make deadlines for their high value cargo. As the company falls on hard times, management resorts to questionable measures to save the failing airline. http://www.haulingchecks.com Reviews: http://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com...y-fiction.html http://podpeep.blogspot.com/2010/02/...ng-checks.html http://ziarias.blogspot.com/2010/02/...uthor-for.html Download Hauling Checks at Smashwords for $1.99 with this code: EC23A http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/5892

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dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Welcome to MR, haulingchecks What an interesting job, and I never knew that was what happened with checks. We love to support MR author members who actively participate in our forums plus, even better, offer their books in multiple formats without DRM and geographic restrictions. Enjoy exploring the forums, jump in, and ask questions if you want to know something. Let us get to know you and you us... Have fun.

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desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Welcome to MobileRead, hauling checks

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haulingchecks Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: pc	Dreams and Desertgrandma, Thanks for the welcome! Alex

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lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,952 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middelfart, Denmark Device: Kindle paper white	Hi Alex Welcome to MobileRead... You're book sounds like it's a seriously funny read, and I went and got it at Smashwords. Thanks for the coupon.

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Katti's Cat Wizard Posts: 2,259 Karma: 175640 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: Sony PRS-600	Hi & welcome to MR and many thanks for the coupon.

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Kevin2960 YODA's Uglier Twin Posts: 974 Karma: 6295251 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Leicester, UK Device: PRS-600 and 2 Kindle 3's - and now a K4 + HTC Desire HD	Welcome Alex to MR , and can i just say I love your Site, getting my PRS-600 next week, and will buy your book then, Can't wait to read it ! Regards and Best Wishes

02-22-2010, 08:33 AM	#8
haulingchecks Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: pc	Thanks everyone, for the welcome and I hope you all enjoy my book!

03-07-2010, 07:12 PM	#9
haulingchecks Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: pc	Review from metroreader.blogspot.com Irreverent Comedic Read!, Examining the hilarious underside of the cargo shipping business is Hauling Checks by Alex Stone. The narrator is a "freight dog," a cargo pilot, employed by Checkflight, a company that primarily transports checks for banks. Unfortunately, for Checkflight the modern world is transitioning from paper instruments of payment to electronic payments. This drives the unscrupulous company to extreme cost-cutting measures such as using barely serviceable planes to employing pilots with sketchy or non-existent credentials. As Checkflight's business situation worsens the Chief, the owner, concocts increasingly desperate measures to keep the company flying, including, transporting farm animals; illegal drugs; and money laundering. In the midst of this chaos is the narrator, a relatively conscientious pilot, who is surrounded by a cast of misfits, drunkards, pathological liars, and other degenerates. Stone is a talented writer with a deft comedic touch. For instance, witness this passage: What's your first instinct when the Feds show up for a ramp check? Show them your certificates? Maybe if you work for another airline. If you work for Checkflight, set the plane on fire and run for the fence. If you get caught, deny everything, claim you've never seen the plane before in your life. Hauling Checks is an irreverent and entertaining read!