Ivan Anzellotti, a young Italian airline pilot with many years of flying experience, recounts in a light-hearted and ironic way his years with Alitalia up to the crisis of 2008 and his subsequent move to an airline in Qatar.<br />In the first chapters, he describes his experiences, feelings and fears during the long days when thousands of people lost their jobs at Italy&rsquo;s national airline.<br />But he was one of the lucky ones: After a few months, he found another job and started flying again, albeit far from home and in a completely different and less welcoming environment.<br />Between adventures in the desert dunes and training sessions with Libyan and Saudi colleagues, Ivan introduces us to a reality that is much more challenging and complex than it seems.<br />An authentic and often sarcastic story, but one in which the author&rsquo;s passion for his work and deep respect for those who still strive not to abandon safety and give due importance to the human factor in aviation are never missing.