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I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job.

It's great if a pilot starts off great and if it doesn't start off so great it's not that big a deal: everybody's baby is born ugly. But you want to know, if given the opportunity: Where are we going? What's the story we're trying to tell?

Like, to do a pilot, you don't know what's going to happen with it.

It is cool to make a pilot because you get to do all the fun stuff, and then you get to leave when all the tough stuff starts.

It was a unique childhood, to say the least. My father was born in Patiala to refugee parents and was a part of the Indian Air Force. The talented few amongst the Air Force pilots are made test pilots. Test pilots are best suited to look at the space programme as they are trained to expect the unexpected.

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

I'll admit I wanted to be a pilot, originally.

If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.

When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job.

I always wanted to be a pilot.