flying safe flying blind non fiction book american airline industry written book published march hardcover format updated paperback edition published april inspector general journalist new_york_times inspector general years resigned shortly flight airline crash highly critical airline industry relationship aviation safety agencies united_states federal government book structured sections portion book critical aviation industry government agencies tasked second portion book addresses consumers potential airline passengers book successful shortly publication reached number new_york_times best seller list number chicago_tribune list early april reviews book media publications positive individuals airline industry claimed book contained factual investigated class project authors raised ohio received pilot license studying years college obtained bachelor degree harvard_university master degree public administration law degree worked federal prosecutor served inspector general july resigned position order blow whistle saw deficiencies safety practices federal government oversight airline industry publicly critical high ranking aviation officials flight passenger jet crash florida resulted deaths people aboard appeared abc program night crash highly critical safety methods resigning position inspector general taught courses april joined staff position writer graduated reported israel later joined new_york_times journalist jerusalem bureau wrote black white wall street bond trader contents portion book critique deficiencies safety practices inherent problems agencies airline industry book saw fraud corruption waste dangerous aviation industry flight safety primary criticisms book focus reluctance address shortcomings expressing concern fundamental conflict interest job oversight job promoting aviation describes uses formula specific monetary value human lives agency allows numbers decide cost extra safety worth additional expense example airline fleet smoke cost million save lives worth million expense ruled similarly critical internal politics administrators pages book addressed passengers help determine good safety records better ensure safe travel flying discusses average ages certain airline fleets reveals accident rates major airline carriers safety ratings national bomb detection rates airports provides list airports power failures affected effectiveness control towers concludes list recommendations individuals effect change government agencies including address concerns conflict interest air safety inspection airline industry reception flying safe reached number new_york_times best seller list april remained list june april book ranked 9th chicago_tribune list non fiction reviewed book wrote flying blind flying safe aviation industry regulation subsequent article highlighted book best business books review washington_post called book scathing frightening indictment dollar airline industry congress washington_post called book frightening wrote passengers kind safety information choosing flight review wrote airplane automobile gave book favorable review san_francisco_chronicle wrote memoir expose book gives inside view job regulating air travel frequently fails gave book positive recommendation review commented evaluation airport security air traffic controllers occasional read wrote positively portion book critical half book worthwhile sections notwithstanding soap opera end read half pass pilot friend gave book positive review critical section end book book breaks resorts lists tables provide information help reader fly safely reviewed book reason called valuable frustrating noted outsider insider like provide ordinary people authentic accounts badly track gotten job looking aviation safety commented aviation veterans regarded loose cannon boston_globe critical review book wrote book sets need know travel safer air winds employees moving expenses conducts crude management training book received critical review wrote right problems unable offer calm account problems grab headlines wild inaccurate comments airline industry critical book asserted contained factual george washington university decided assign class project graduate course teaching airline economics students fact check statements book spokesman publisher newsletter later authored report findings instances authors agreed conclusions argued saw position response commented report hardly sort reporting response article matter washington_post noted occasionally economic consulting work airline unions said took book project
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