Airline novels!

There can be a lot of research when writing airline novels. But the ability to get into the mind of the pilot when he finds himself In an emergency, whether flying solo in light aircraft or at the controls of a jet adds drama and excitement to an already fraught situation. In my first Celtic Airways novel 'Up Up and Away' when Captain Graham Pender is trying to land his B707 in Colombo in a heavy Monsoon storm a migraine attack coincides with a faulty ILS - Instrument  Landing  System - and a non-functioning altimeter and  he discovers too late that the rapidly descending aircraft is not at the altitude showing on his instrument panel but merely 200 feet above ground and far short of the runway.