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Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Flying fewer planes could enhance airport safety: Ex-NTSB member
(NewsNation) — The airline industry has been plagued by flight delays and cancellations in recent months, resulting from communication outages and staff shortages. John Goglia, a former National Transportation Safety Board member and adviser on the HBO show 'The Rehearsal,' said some issues could be solved by airports flying fewer aircraft. 'Capacity for airports like JFK, Newark, and a number of other ones around the country,' he said. 'We just have too many airplanes trying to land on too few airports.' Air traffic controller who prevented midair crash: 'Avoid Newark' Goglia says there is no easy fix for the industry, but he said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is examining all of the options right now. 'We have physical limits on how many airplanes an airport can handle per hour,' Goglia said. 'And we've been pushing on the maximum in certain airports for a while. So, it needs to be reviewed again, and the procedures for those airports need to be reviewed again to make sure we're operating at the highest levels of safety.' Newark Liberty International Airport has come under tremendous scrutiny after last month's incident in which air traffic controllers in Philadelphia lost radar and communications with planes over Newark. Newark problems and recent crashes put focus on air traffic controller shortage and aging equipment Chicago's O'Hare International Airport was also called out for having too many airplanes landing, though the airport has added an extra runway to address safety concerns. 'People want to fly today,' Goglia said. 'People want to go some place. So, it's a balance between what the airlines want to provide, the passengers' demand, and the government's ability to satisfy both of those parties.' Goglia acknowledged that the federal government should carry the most responsibility for enhancing airline safety because it runs the Air Traffic Control Network, which controls the flow of airplanes. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Nathan Fielder, Creator of ‘The Rehearsal,' Calls the F.A.A. ‘Dumb'
Nathan Fielder, the creator of the HBO comedy-documentary series 'The Rehearsal,' extended his show's commingling of performance and reality with a live appearance on CNN on Thursday. Fielder went on 'The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown' to promote the second season of 'The Rehearsal' (whose finale aired on Sunday), and to raise awareness about airline pilot safety. Fielder had been closely examining safety in the season, including the communication between pilots and co-pilots, which he argued is poor and is a key factor in many plane crashes. In the finale, Fielder himself flew a Boeing 737 passenger jet with more than 100 actors on board in an attempt to simulate inter-pilot communication on real-world commercial flights. On 'The Situation Room,' he fired back at criticism from the Federal Aviation Administration, which said in a statement to CNN that it 'isn't seeing the data that supports the show's central claim that pilot communications is to blame for airline disasters.' 'Well that's dumb, they're dumb,' Fielder said, sitting next to John Goglia, an aviation expert and former National Transportation Safety Board member who appeared as an adviser on 'The Rehearsal' this season. Fielder criticized the F.A.A.'s training standards, which he said do not adequately prepare pilots and co-pilots to speak their mind if they have a concern. 'The training is someone shows you a PowerPoint slide saying 'If you are a co-pilot and the pilot does something wrong, you need to speak up about it,'' he said. 'That's all. That's the training.' On Friday, the F.A.A. said in a statement that it 'requires all airline crew members (pilots and flight attendants) and dispatchers to complete Crew Resource Management training,' which focuses on interactions among crew members. 'They must complete this training before they begin working in their official positions and complete it on a recurring basis afterward,' the F.A.A. said. Over the course of six episodes, Fielder recruited several pilots to participate in elaborate role-playing scenarios that tested their ability to navigate sensitive conversations. In one episode, a pilot was encouraged to confront his girlfriend with suspicions of disloyalty while seated next to her in a mock cockpit. In another, several pilots were graded on their ability to deliver harsh feedback to contestants in a fake singing competition show. Although the scenarios are contrived and frequently involve actors, the show also regularly depicts what appear to be genuine interactions with nonactors. The fifth episode featured an awkward interview with a congressman, Steve Cohen of Tennessee, a member of the aviation subcommittee. And Goglia's appearances are played completely straight. 'It's exploded,' Goglia said on 'The Situation Room,' when asked about the public reaction to the show. 'My emails exploded, my messages exploded, my grandkids were all over me — it's unbelievable, the response.'
CNN
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Comedian Nathan Fielder shares what he learned being a 737 pilot on new season of HBO's ‘The Rehearsal'
Comedian, pilot and host of "The Rehearsal" on HBO, Nathan Fielder joined "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown" to discuss his takeaways after examining airline disasters and communication lapses in the cockpit. Fielder was joined by former National Transportation Safety Board member John Goglia, who advised him on the show.
CNN
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘They're dumb': Nathan Fielder fires back at FAA over HBO show criticism
Comedian Nathan Fielder and aviation safety expert John Goglia discuss their new HBO docu-comedy series 'The Rehearsal,' which explores whether miscommunication between pilots could be a hidden factor in plane crashes.
