Air Travel How Safe Is It?
- List Price: $39.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 2
- Publisher: Blackwell Pub Professional
- Publish date: 05/01/1997
Description:
This important and timely book examines the state of the airline industry in the 1990s, with a clear emphasis on airline safety -- or lack thereof. Fully updated and revised, Air Travel: How Safe Is It, takes a close look at both the U.S. and European airline industries and the risks related to air travel, including:
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Human Factors:
The effect of stress, sleep loss, and alcohol and drug use on pilots
Safety standards:
How outdated safety systems and lack of enforcement risks lives
Economic pressures:
The link between rising costs, economic health of airlines, and safety
Sabotage and terrorism:
What airports and airlines must do to protect their passengers
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