Episode 3: Rick Dunning; Saying No Can Save Lives: A Pilot’s Lessons From LAB To Major Airlines
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The sky rarely hands out straight lines. Rick Dunning’s journey proves it—line boy in Indiana, a bruising exit from Embry‑Riddle, and a leap to Southeast Alaska that rewired everything. We sit with Rick, now a Delta captain, to unpack the tightrope of judgment that bush flying in Lynn Canal teaches: learning routes like a hometown map, respecting weather more than ego, and understanding that the bravest call is often a clear no.
From there, the story climbs through the regional ranks—Haines Airways to Horizon—where Alaska’s VFR instincts meet IFR structure, de‑ice systems…
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