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Indianapolis Star
3 days ago
- General
- Indianapolis Star
'They're dumb': Nathan Fielder defends 'The Rehearsal' claim after FAA denial
Nathan Fielder called the Federal Airline Administration "dumb" during a May 29 appearance on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown" to promote the second season of "The Rehearsal." Fielder hypothesizes throughout the season that communication breakdowns between airplane pilots and co-pilots contribute to plane crashes, going so far as to become a certified non-commercial 737 pilot to test his theory. The FAA dismissed the link in a statement obtained by USA TODAY and read to Fielder on-air. "The FAA analyzes data from a variety of sources," the statement reads in-part. "If these programs identify elevated risks, the FAA and airline both take appropriate action to mitigate the risk and ensure safety. The FAA does not have data that supports these claims." "That's dumb. They're dumb," Fielder responded to the statement. "The training is: someone shows you a PowerPoint slide saying, if you are a co-pilot and the captain does something wrong, you need to speak up about it ... they talk about some crashes that happened, but they don't do anything that makes it stick emotionally." USA TODAY reached out to Fielder's representatives for comment and did not receive a response. The segment took an awkward turn when Fielder attempted to use the titular hosts as an example of communication breaking down. "I'm sure Pamela, you don't say some things to Wolf or – because you're – between you two, who would be like the boss or the more – like you're Wolf Blitzer, right?' Fielder said. "Your name is first on the thing. So, I'm sure Pamela, at times you, you might not want to say, you know, oh, Wolf wants to do something you don't think it's a good idea – you might not want to express that always." Blitzer and Brown pushed back on the insinuation with Blitzer saying, "she's very blunt." Fielder dismissed the rebuttal saying, "you have to say that now." "You don't want to say to Wolf you can't — you know, as a journalist, you don't want to say, oh, I don't want to," Fielder said. Blitzer defended his co-host, telling the comedian that Brown does raise objections to him.
USA Today
3 days ago
- General
- USA Today
'They're dumb': Nathan Fielder defends 'The Rehearsal' claim after FAA denial
Hear this story Nathan Fielder called the Federal Airline Administration "dumb" during a May 29 appearance on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown" to promote the second season of "The Rehearsal." Fielder hypothesizes throughout the season that communication breakdowns between airplane pilots and co-pilots contribute to plane crashes, going so far as to become a certified non-commercial 737 pilot to test his theory. The FAA dismissed the link in a statement obtained by USA TODAY and read to Fielder on-air. "The FAA analyzes data from a variety of sources," the statement reads in-part. "If these programs identify elevated risks, the FAA and airline both take appropriate action to mitigate the risk and ensure safety. The FAA does not have data that supports these claims." "That's dumb. They're dumb," Fielder responded to the statement. "The training is: someone shows you a PowerPoint slide saying, if you are a co-pilot and the captain does something wrong, you need to speak up about it ... they talk about some crashes that happened, but they don't do anything that makes it stick emotionally." Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. USA TODAY reached out to Fielder's representatives for comment and did not receive a response. Nathan Fielder CNN exchange turns awkward The segment took an awkward turn when Fielder attempted to use the titular hosts as an example of communication breaking down. "I'm sure Pamela, you don't say some things to Wolf or – because you're – between you two, who would be like the boss or the more – like you're Wolf Blitzer, right?' Fielder said. "Your name is first on the thing. So, I'm sure Pamela, at times you, you might not want to say, you know, oh, Wolf wants to do something you don't think it's a good idea – you might not want to express that always." Blitzer and Brown pushed back on the insinuation with Blitzer saying, "she's very blunt." Fielder dismissed the rebuttal saying, "you have to say that now." "You don't want to say to Wolf you can't — you know, as a journalist, you don't want to say, oh, I don't want to," Fielder said. Blitzer defended his co-host, telling the comedian that Brown does raise objections to him. "The great thing about Wolf is he doesn't have an ego," Brown said.
The Hill
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hill
Nathan Fielder says FAA's pushback to ‘The Rehearsal' claims is ‘dumb'
Comedian Nathan Fielder took a swing at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday over a statement in which the agency pushed back on claims from his HBO show, 'The Rehearsal.' During a recent episode of 'The Rehearsal,' Fielder points to communication issues between an aircraft's captain and first officer as appearing 'to be the number one contributing factor to aviation crashes in history.' Fielder addressed his claims in a Thursday interview on CNN's 'The Situation Room' with the outlet's Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, highlighted by Mediaite, and called the FAA's statement pushing back against his comments 'dumb.' 'We reached out to the FAA to see what it had to say about all of this, and it told us that it mandates all airline pilots and crew members to complete intrapersonal communication training, and it says it isn't seeing the data that supports the show's central claim that pilot communications is to blame for airline disasters. So, I want to get you to respond to that, obviously,' Brown told Fielder. 'That's dumb,' Fielder responded. 'They're dumb, and they're — you know — they, here's the issue is that, they do — like I trained to be a pilot and I'm a [Boeing] 737 pilot. I went through the training. The training is someone shows you a PowerPoint slide saying, 'If you are a co-pilot and the captain does something wrong, you need to speak up about it.' That's all.' In a statement to The Hill that an FAA official described as 'addressing' claims that Fielder made in the docuseries about aircraft crew communication, the FAA said that it 'requires all airline crewmembers (pilots and flight attendants) and dispatchers to complete Crew Resource Management training.' The FAA has described Crew Resource Management as 'generally defined as the effective use of all available resources: human resources, hardware, and information' The agency also said in the statement that it 'analyzes data from a variety of sources such as an airline's Safety Management System (SMS), Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP), and Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program (VDRP).' 'If these programs identify elevated risks, appropriate action is taken by both the airline and the FAA to mitigate the risk and ensure safety. The FAA does not have data which supports these claims,' the agency added. Fielder, who sported a 737 hat during the CNN interview, is known for his comedy that tends to push boundaries and take big swings, with the last episode of 'The Rehearsal' featuring the comedian training to fly a Boeing 737. A 'Nathan Joseph Fielder' is listed in an FAA registry as a commercial pilot.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nathan Fielder blasts ‘dumb' FAA response to The Rehearsal plane crash claims
Nathan Fielder has blasted the Federal Aviation Administration in a new interview with CNN. Fielder is behind the HBO show The Rehearsal, which used outlandish methods during its recently concluded second season to examine very real issues surrounding the ability of co-pilots to communicate clearly with one another. The comedian, 42, joined CNN's The Situation Room Thursday morning to discuss the show's second season and the aviation issues it thrust into the spotlight. In addition to anchors Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, Fielder was joined by former National Transportation Safety Board member John Goglia, who also appeared on The Rehearsal. Brown shared the FAA's statement to CNN responding to Fielder's claims that communication issues between pilots are causing crashes, saying the FAA "requires all airline crewmembers (pilots and flight attendants) and dispatchers to complete Crew Resource Management training.' The FAA also said it isn't seeing data to support Fielder's claims. But Fielder instantly slammed the statement as 'dumb.' 'Here's the issue: I trained to be a pilot. I'm a 737 pilot. I went through the training,' Fielder started. 'The training is someone shows you a PowerPoint slide saying, 'If you are a co-pilot and the captain does something wrong, you need to speak up about it.' That's all. That's the training, and they talk about some crashes that happen, but they don't do anything that makes it stick emotionally.' Fielder was pleading the case for additional communication training for pilots, and Goglia agreed the need exists. 'In aviation, we've long known that communications has been an issue,' Goglia said on CNN. 'And we've — we have dealt with it effectively through crew resource management. But what Nathan has uncovered was a little sliver that has fallen through the cracks and with these communications disconnect between pilots.' The new comments come after Fielder's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, in which he confirmed that he had genuinely spent two and a half years obtaining his license to fly a Boeing 747 for the show's shocking season two finale. 'So I trained for almost two-and-a-half years and worked my way up through private pilot, instrument, commercial, and I got a 737 type rating, so I am a licensed 737 pilot,' he shared. The comedian again shared his belief that poor communication between pilots has been a leading contributing factor in many plane crashes. 'That's why I went as far as becoming a 737 pilot, because I wanted to demonstrate that on a regular flight where two pilots are just trying their best, that communication between the co-pilots, captain and first officer, can be a struggle,' he explained. Giving further details about how the final episode came together, he added: 'I found someone who would lease me a 737. It's very hard to convince someone to lease a comedian a 737, but I found someone to do it and we chartered a real flight over the Mojave desert. We went from San Bernardino round to Las Vegas and then looped back, with cameras filming the whole time. 'You can see that we're both trying our best to communicate, and it's a struggle. I do think, and this is in the show, and you can see it, that when people look back at this 'Miracle over the Mojave', that they can see a turning point in aviation.'
CNN
4 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.
