Ryan Bingham"s job as a Career Transition Counselor -which is a fancy way of saying that he fires people - has kept him airborne for years. Although he hates his job, he feels at home in "Airworld" and likes the dry recycled airport air, tasteless plane food and anonymous hotel rooms. With a letter of resignation on his boss"s desk, and the hope of a new job on the horizon, Ryan is agonizingly close to his ultimate goal, his Holy Grail: one million frequent flyer miles.