Pilots at JFK touch the plane before every flight – here’s the psychology behind it
Your palm connects with cool aluminum at Gate 47, JFK Terminal 4, 6:47 AM. October air carries jet fuel scent as your fingertips trace rivets on the Boeing fuselage. The businessman beside you does the same. Quick tap, exhale, board. Three rows back, a mother makes the sign of the cross on polished metal. Across … Lire plus








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