- Taschenbuch: 276 Seiten
- Verlag: iUniverse (10. Mai 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0595186939
- ISBN-13: 978-0595186938
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,9 x 14,5 x 1,9 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.421.260 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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*THIS IS THE REPUBLISHED VERSION. THE ORIGINAL VERSION WAS PUBLISHED IN 1972. THIS VERSION DOES NOT CONTAIN ADDITIONAL OR NEW INFORMATION.The author of this eye-opening expose is a scheduled jet airline captain, as well as a fighter pilot in the Air Force Reserve, with twenty years of professional flying experience. Writing from the standpoint of a view of a pilot, he covers every aspect of commercial aviation and brings the reader to the conclusion that it is a much more perilous means of transportation than generally suspected.You will learn how poorly equipped most of our airports are; how the airlines write their own safety regulations and then succeed in evading even those requirements. You will find out what goes on on the flight deck and the dangers inherent in even the most routine shuttle flights. The author examines crash investigations, he take you on spine-tingling reconstructions of disasters you probably read about, and he reveals the often shocking truth of what really went wrong as opposed to what you may have read in the papers.**********"Safety Last by Captain Brian Power-Waters courageously describes real life in the airline industry and sounds the alarm for urgently needed reforms. It documents the abysmal performance of the Federal Aviation Administration in enforcing air safety standards and the shocking insensitivity of many airline officials. This book should be read by any airline passenger, executive, regulator or legislator who is concerned about protecting human life and safety in air travel."Reuben Robertson III, Director of the Aviation Consumer Action Project and Aide to Ralph Nader********** "Captain Power-Waters unloads his list of complaints against commercial aviation without hedging and draws a frightening picture of chaos, carelessness and petty internecine warfare within the industry. The literate air traveler who gets his hands on this b
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Captain Brian Power-Waters lives with his wife, a former airline stewardess on Long Island.
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5 von 6 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
I feel ripped off here
30. September 2004
First look at the number of reviews that are by 'AReader'
I wonder who that could be.
What a clever way to get a good rating.
Second this is all based on incidents/accidents that happened in the sixties. No new data here at all.
I feel like a chump for wasting $20 on this.
I wonder who that could be.
What a clever way to get a good rating.
Second this is all based on incidents/accidents that happened in the sixties. No new data here at all.
I feel like a chump for wasting $20 on this.
3 von 4 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Misleads with inaccurate accounts
24. September 2003
Brian Power-Waters was an exceptional pilot, but that really has no bearing on the validity of this book. Unfortunately, this book is just a reprint of the original with nothing new to offer. It should not have been represented as a "true account", and shouldn't be taken as factual. This book, whether intended or not, misleads the american public with half truths. As someone who has known him for almost 40 years, I can say with 100% certainty that the situations discussed did not take place as he claims, but were "embellished" for entertainment purposes.
3 von 4 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Good, but old
21. März 2002
Critical views of the aviation industry are very rare, so this counterblast to the peddlers of half-truths about safety is extremely welcome, very well written, and authoritative, coming as it does from a retired airline pilot. Instead of improving the safety of flying, airlines would prefer you to have therapy to overcome fear of flying. That's no way to run a railroad.
HOWEVER, and this is a biggie, this book was first written in 1972 and contains NO NEW DATA. To describe this as a 2001 book is very bad practice. I bought this book because this is a field I want to stay up to date in, and I now feel deceived.
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