- Laura Franklin: Sky Atlantic 62, Phoenix Tower. Captain, you need to do a 360.
- Pilot: Damn it tower, do you know it costs this airline two grand in fuel every time we circle?
- Laura Franklin: Sky Atlantic 62, give me four thousand dollars worth...
- [first lines]
- Title Card: On an average day above the United States, over 200,000 aircraft carry more than 2,000,000 people guided by less than 3,000 air traffic controllers.
- Title Card: "My biggest fear? When you've done all you can do and you still have to listen as the image disappears from your screen." - Air Traffic Controller, Los Angeles En Route Center
- Cruise: [coming on to her] Have you checked out the chapter on deicing, by any chance?
- Julie Albrecht: Yeah, it comes right after the chapter on failed approaches, I think.
- [throws paper airplane in his face]
- [after shutting down their airplane's engine]
- David, Flight 47 Pilot: [to his co-pilot] You know, my wife is here to pick me up. If you ever tell her what we've just been through, you'll never fly with me again.
- Co-Pilot, Flight 47: [to his pilot] Our secret.
- [they both laugh it off]