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9780380975327

Flying Blind, Flying Safe

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  • ISBN13:

    9780380975327

  • ISBN10:

    0380975327

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-04-01
  • Publisher: Avon Books

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Featuring new, updated information in this edition, the courageous and controversial New York Times bestseller is by the outspoken former "Top Cop" of the U.S. Department of Transportation.Mary Schiavo, the former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has written a scathing expose of the fraud, corruption, waste, mismanagement, and dangerous negligence that runs rampant throughout the aviation industry and its ineffectual "policing" organization, the FAA. At the same time, she offers sane and valuable information and advice that will enable travelers to increase their safety in the air. This is an essential work by the ultimate insider: a book that must be read by anyone who flies.

Author Biography

Mary Fackler Schiavo is the Enarson Professor of Public Policy at Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The ValuJet Tragedyp. 1
Who Does the FAA Work for, Anyway? Not Youp. 37
The Plane Truthp. 53
The Tombstone Agencyp. 64
Business As Usualp. 73
See No Evil: Bogus Partsp. 97
Cash Cows: Where Your Airport Money Wentp. 122
Relative Truth: CULT-ure at the FAAp. 128
The Second Greatest Thrillp. 141
Who Watches the Manufacturers?p. 177
TWA Flight 800p. 190
There's No Such Thing As "Safety" at the FAAp. 205
Airplanesp. 212
Airlinesp. 239
Airportsp. 281
Straighten Up and Fly Rightp. 297
Flying Healthyp. 318
Weatherp. 326
When You Have to Fightp. 335
Silencing the Watchdogp. 344
Epilogue: If We Really Want Change...p. 348
Epilogue: Help Yourselfp. 355
Chapter Notesp. 358
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