[1] Born in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, McGee grew up alongside ten siblings with the desire to become an author.
He was based in New York at both JFK and LaGuardia Airports, Chicopee, Massachusetts, and Miami, with extended assignments in Crawley, United Kingdom, Helsinki, Finland, Bangkok, Thailand, and other locations.
[5] McGee taught undergraduate and graduate Creative Writing at Hofstra University for ten years.
[2][7][5] In 2010, Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood appointed McGee to the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee.
[11] In the aftermath of the 2022 Southwest Airlines flight delays, McGee called the situation "unprecedented"[12] and said transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg "..has been a tremendous disappointment.