What’s Really in an Airline Pilot’s Flight Bag?
In my career, the two most-prominent labels used when referring to the piece of airline pilot luggage that, at one time, kept chiropractors in business was either “brain bag” or “kit bag.” Distinguished by stickers and decals, the outside of the bag reflected a pilot’s personality and told a story.
The good-quality bags were leather, and real pilots schlepped them by hand—wheels were for sissies. We stuffed them with
