Greg Kaley is a pilot with a major airline who also happens to be a cartoonist. He started the cartoon "Coffee & Pretzels" in 2016. After graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott Campus), he flight-instructed and subsequently flew the J-41 for a regional airline on the east coast until he was furloughed. His next position was flying the DHC-8 200 for another regional carrier where he became a check airman, and he taught ground school before being hired by a major airline. He resides in the southwest with his wife, twin daughters and two cats.