9/11's Hidden Story: How One Schedule Change Saved This Pilot's Life | Capt Steve Schreiber

In this episode of The Naval Aviation Ready Room Podcast, host Ryan Keys sits down with Captain Steve Scheibner, former Navy P-3 Orion pilot, Scheibner recounts his extraordinary journey from Cold War anti-submarine warfare missions to a life-changing near miss on September 11, 2001, when a last-minute schedule change kept him off American Airlines Flight 11. His story explores how fate, faith, and naval aviation principles shaped his approach to leadership, purpose, and service both in the cockpit and beyond.