I instructed.
“Good. Hold. Level that descent. Slow. Slow. Perfect.”
Minutes passed. Maybe 5. Maybe 15. Time blurs when you’re hanging in midair between hope and disaster. Then through the static, the pilot of 7 to9 Delta said,
“I I think it’s stabilizing.”
“Ma’am, ma’am, I think we’ve got control again.”
The cockpit around me exhaled.
“Good,”
I said softly.
“You’re going to be okay. Keep visual contact with the escort until you’re cleared for independent navigation.”
“Yes, ma’am. Thank you. God bless you.”
I set the headset down gently. The pilot looked at me with something like reverence.
“Ma’am, if you ever want a civilian flying job,”
I smiled.
“I’m better in the shadows.”
When I stepped back into the cabin, Richard was standing there stiffly, gripping the seat back in front of him. His face was drained, his hair slightly disheveled. And for once, he wasn’t trying to hide his shock.
“You,”
he whispered.
“You just kept a plane from falling out of the sky.”
“I guided them,”
I corrected softly.
“They did the flying.”
“You,”
he stammered.
“You sounded like like a commander.”
I sat back down in my seat.
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