Airline Safety Is A Myth
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
What if everything you believed about the safety of commercial air travel was carefully constructed fiction? In Airline Safety is a Myth, veteran airline captain Vernon W. Lowell draws on years of firsthand cockpit experience to deliver a sobering and meticulously argued exposé of the commercial aviation industry, systematically dismantling the reassuring narrative that airlines, regulators, and manufacturers have long presented to the travelling public. With the authority of a seasoned professional, Lowell chronicles the systemic failures, regulatory shortcomings, and institutional pressures that, he argues, place passengers at far greater risk than official statistics would suggest. Written in a tone that is urgent, unflinching, and deeply credible, the book presents a damning indictment of an industry that has long prioritised profit and public relations over genuine passenger safety. Lowell's insider perspective lends the work a rare authenticity, transforming what might otherwise be dry aviation critique into a compelling and at times alarming piece of investigative nonfiction. At a time when millions board commercial flights without a second thought, this provocative work forces a fundamental question: how much of what we call safety is substance, and how much is simply myth?
Author: Capt. Vernon W. Lowell
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Bartholomew House
Genre: Transport & automotive
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
What if everything you believed about the safety of commercial air travel was carefully constructed fiction? In Airline Safety is a Myth, veteran airline captain Vernon W. Lowell draws on years of firsthand cockpit experience to deliver a sobering and meticulously argued exposé of the commercial aviation industry, systematically dismantling the reassuring narrative that airlines, regulators, and manufacturers have long presented to the travelling public. With the authority of a seasoned professional, Lowell chronicles the systemic failures, regulatory shortcomings, and institutional pressures that, he argues, place passengers at far greater risk than official statistics would suggest. Written in a tone that is urgent, unflinching, and deeply credible, the book presents a damning indictment of an industry that has long prioritised profit and public relations over genuine passenger safety. Lowell's insider perspective lends the work a rare authenticity, transforming what might otherwise be dry aviation critique into a compelling and at times alarming piece of investigative nonfiction. At a time when millions board commercial flights without a second thought, this provocative work forces a fundamental question: how much of what we call safety is substance, and how much is simply myth?