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Collision Course: The Truth About Airline Safety
by Ralph Nader, Wesley J. Smith
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Tab Books (1993-09)
ISBN: 0830642714
EAN: 9780830642717
Dewy Decimal #: 363.1240973
Hardcover: 378 pages
Edition: 1st
SKU: BX026-16Xxx
Condition: Collectible: Like Ne
Comments: Stated First Edition, First Printing. Very minor wear, near new, not pricecut. Pgs crisp, clean, tight, unmarked. No remainder mark.
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Customer Reviews
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Interesting but sensationalist, pessimistic and bias
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-06-06
Interesting reading for those working in the airspace industry, though I would not recommend it to "plain" passengers. Its audience is also limited due to it focusing in the American industry and its organizations.
It provides some insights on how this industry operates, and its political and economic aspects. It helps to understand why flying is expensive, and why we should distrust cheap airspace companies.
I have found the text too sensationalist, full of crashes and deaths figures, but lacking a proper context. For example, the appendix contains a list of air accidents reported by the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) where fatalities numbers are provided; but these number of fatalities, without the context of how many passengers have flown, is useless.
It is also political bias, where for example, the impact of Reagan's Deregulation is very hardly criticized.
In summary, I enjoyed the reading because I have some experience in this sector, but it should be considered that it presents a too pessimistic view on air traffic for those users who aren't aware of some of its internal details.
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