Frank was reassigned to the Test Pilot School at Edwards, tasked with rewriting the NGS manual. His first lesson to new pilots: “The joystick is not a suggestion box. It’s a command. And the only driver who ever saved your life is the one in the seat—not the one in the software.”
Mays was pale. “That was insane. The NGS would have—"
“I’ve got it,” Frank said calmly. He pushed the joystick left.