num_pages: 86
description: After the crash, James loses interest in sex, and in flying. He cashes in his paid leave at the airline and heads down to Miami to rent a condo, hang out on the beach, and re-evaluate his life.  In Miami, his new friend Alissa introduces him to a modern philosophy seminar taught by a stocky bearded jumberjack of a professor, Claude Richards. Alissa hopes it can get James's mind off the crash, especially that now he has no interest in his former hobby of online gay hookups.  James's hyper-sensitive aversion to anything even remotely romantic initially scares away Claude, who's also suffering after a professional crash of his own that has made him lose trust in relationships.  Against the backdrop of a sticky Miami summer, a stocky bearded professor and a suave airline pilot student, a journey through modern philosophy, and an outrageous blackmail attempt, James and Claude calm each other's jitters and fly together into love.
language: English
title: The Pilot and the Professor