I'm sorry, this is probably going to be substandard and possibly make you feel like I didn't get anything from the story, but - you are made of awesome sauce.

I know this story was posted several years ago but I just recently found it. You have a very good grasp of your subject and make it interesting.

I am a Giovanni Ribisi fan (Elliot) and am in the process of writing a story from Elliot's perspective.

I wish they had a category for Flight of the Phoenix.

Oh well. Keep up the good work. I will be keeping an eye out for more of your stories.

And now can we all go together in a chorus: AW! This is so lovely and accurate and yes, damn't, I saw the movie, finally!

This reminds me of that episode of The Cosby Show, where they find out Theo has dyslexia, and he goes on that rant about how Icarus' father didn't care either, he let his son drown, or something along those lines. One of my favorite episodes actually...

Oh right! Love it :D