The Next Crash: How Short-Term Profit Seeking Trumps Airline Safety
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (796 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801452856 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Well Researched and Thought Provoking 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 . A 'Must Read' for anyone who fliespilots AND passengers! 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 (t. Rob said Five Stars. Well written treatise on the change in airline management behaviour after 9/11.
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 the chance of dying in an airline accident is infinitesimal, The Next Crash reports that 70 percent of commercial pilots believe a major airline accident will happen soon. Although opinions like this are pervasive, for reasons discussed in this book, employee
"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. The Next Crash shows how financial motives are making aviation less safe, which will result in more accidents. It will be of interest to a broad audience."Alexandra Michel, University of Pennsylvania, author of Bullish on Uncertainty: How Organizational Cultures Tra
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