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Much as Eric Schollsberg's Fast Food Nation made people think about the way we eat, this provocative memoir and exposé challenges readers to question why, given its long history of cover-ups and systemic safety gaps, we continue to trust the aviation industry.

On a stormy late May morning in 2008,…


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26 seconds starts as a tale by a big sister who lost her pilot-brother in an airline accident, but ends with inspiration and heartfelt passion about aviation safety, truth-telling, safety checks, and why the public should not accept the conclusion of any crash as merely “pilot error” without asking questions that reveal all of the underlying conditions that put that flight in danger. Learning that Boeing and Airbus prioritize money over safety wasn’t a huge surprise. After all, we live in a capitalist society. But that doesn’t mean we have to accept the answers given to the public after a…

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