Cruising Altitude, No Looking Back - Episode 1

After landing a plane from a severe thunderstorm, Captain Cole runs a post‑flight safety check when Flight Operations revoke his flying clearance and issue a transfer order. Tristan, an ace from the Royal Air Force Academy, is named the new captain and derides Cole's methods, while mentioning a past crash involving Cole's father. Liam is reassigned as a trainee and promises to look after Cole; Cole gives him a final lesson: "For a pilot, flight safety comes above everything." The episode closes with Cole stripped of command and an abrupt farewell after 15 years in the sky.