The Next Crash: How Short-Term Profit Seeking Trumps Airline Safety
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801452856 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fraher addresses issues that have long concerned me."Key Dismukes, Chief Scientist for Aerospace Human Factors (retired), Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center. Fraher's approach is substantive, not sensational, and she is well qualified. "Fraher, a former commercial pilot and U.S. The connection to Wall Street troubles is well madeand appropriate."Patrick Mendenhall, Critical Reliability Concepts (CriticalReliability), coauthor of Beyond the Checklist: What Else Health Care Can Learn from Aviation Teamwork and Safety"The Next Crash is unusually well written and addresses an important topic. Amy L. It will be of interest to a broad audience."Alexandra Michel, Uni
Although opinions like this are pervasive, for reasons discussed in this book, employees' issues do not concern the right peoplenamely airline executives, aviation industry regulators, politicians, watchdog groups, or even the flying publicin the right way often enough. To stay safe the system increasingly relies on the experience and professionalism of airline employees who are already stressed, fatigued, and working more while earning less. The Next Crash offers a shocking perspective on the aviation industry by a former United Airlines pilot. Fraher uncovers the story airline executives and government regulators would rather not tell. If you are one of over 700 million passengers who will fly in America this year, you need to read this book. Weaving insider knowledge with hundreds of employee interviews, Amy L. As one copilot reported, employees are so distracted "it's almost a miracle that there wasn't bent metal and dead people" at his airline. While the FAA claims that this is the "Golden Age of Safety," and other aviation researchers assure us
"Well Researched and Thought Provoking" according to Talvi. At first glance, The Next Crash reads very much like a college thesis: a student thought it would be interesting to compare two 'crashes' (airline and stock market) and draw parallels. And indeed, the first few chapters do feel a academic in that way. But once you get further into the book, it becomes clear this is a well researched analysis of the airline industry from an insider who was trusted with honest responses to interviews. Though very dry, it is an interesting read.The emphasis (and perhaps bias) is clear: airline employees are the real casualty of the post 9/11 cost cutting era. Perhaps the marked difference between th. A 'Must Read' for anyone who fliespilots AND passengers! Martin C. Wymond An absolutely brilliant, timely, in-depth analysis of the flailing (and often failing) airline industryespecially where safety is concerned.Dr. Fraher brings her multiple decades of aviation experience (USMC, U.S. Naval Aviator, Airline Pilot, Researcher, Educator)to bear in this 'no-holds-barred' account of greed vs. safetyvs. US (the flying public and the pilots whose job it is to fly the planes)!The historical citings alone make this book worth the price of admission!I can also recommend another masterpiece by Dr. Amy Fraher: Thinking Through Crisis.. Five Stars Well written treatise on the change in airline management behaviour after 9/11.
She is the author most recently of Thinking through Crisis: Improving Teamwork and Leadership in High Risk Fields.. Amy Fraher is a retired Naval Aviator and former United Airlines pilot who currently lectures in Organisation Studies at the Bristol Business School, UK