An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.

For her upcoming exhibition, "Apology," Lily, a New York conceptual artist, is designing a sound and sculpture installation inspired by the testimony of anonymous phone callers who, after responding to a public advert inviting them to spill their guts, leave messages on her answering machine. When one caller confesses to a murder, Lily begins to suspect that the mystery man may be intending a little "performance" of his own: her death.