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作       者:McGee, William J.

出  版  社:Harper

出版时间:2012-06-01

字       数:51.5万

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Award-winning journalist and leading consumer advocate William J. McGee offers a shocking, essential exposé that reveals the real state of the "friendly skies."From outsourced call centers in India to the Alabama location where all lost baggage ends up, William J. McGee crisscrossed the country and traveled around the globe immersing himself deep into the world of commercial airlines. And what he found was shocking.McGee interviewed countless industry insiders pilots, TSA security screeners, FAA inspectors, legislators, the CEOs of the major carriers, and even Ralph Nader and Steven Slater, the disgruntled flight attendant who famously jettisoned a JetBlue flight. Here he reveals how airline executives are cutting costs in "a mad race to the bottom" by delegating flights to second-tier regional airlines and outsourcing critical aircraft maintenance and repairs to unlicensed "mechanics" in China, Singapore, Mexico, and El Salvador. And while the U.S. airlines have raked in tens of billions of dollars for checked baggage alone in recent years, our skies (and our airports) are not getting any safer. What's more, McGee explains how both political parties and all branches of the U.S. government have conspired to place corporate interests above the interests of consumers, workers, the nation's economy, and even the planet itself. Attention All Passengers will change the way you view the airline industry and make you think twice the next time you see the fasten seat belts sign.
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Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Authors Note

Prologue: Flying Sucks

Chapter 1: Sit Down and Shut Up or We’ll Turn This Plane Around: Why Airline Service Has Collapsed and Air Rage Is Soaring

Chapter 2: What Happened to the Airlines?

Chapter 3: Collusion and Confusion: How Airlines Don’t Play by the Rules—­and How Passengers Pay

Chapter 4: So You Think You’ve Found the Lowest Fare

Chapter 5: A Mad Race to the Bottom: How Airlines Mistreat Employees, Outsource, and Ignore Passengers

Chapter 6: When Your Airline Isn’t Your Airline: Regional Carriers Provide Lower Levels of Service and Safety

Chapter 7: Outrageous Outsourcing: The Single Greatest Threat to Airline Safety

Chapter 8: Unsafe at Any Altitude? Facing Unprecedented Dangers

Chapter 9: Threats to Survival: Why Many Air Crashes Need Not Be Fatal

Chapter 10: Lights, Camera, Strip Search: The Tragicomedy of Airline Security

Chapter 11: Cloudy Skies: Aviation’s Carbon Footprint

Chapter 12: Ink­Stained Wreckage: How Airlines Manipulate the Media

Epilogue: Fighting the Clock

Conclusion: A Manifesto for Taking Back Our Skies

Appendix A: Domestic Mainline Airline Partnerships with Regionals

Appendix B: Domestic Regional Airline Partnerships with Mainlines

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

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