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"Relax, relax, and revel in the journey," our pilots still intone. But who are they kidding? In Full Straight and Locked Position, ex - FAA chief counsel and senior aviation policy formal Tag Gerchick unravels the unseen forces and little-known facts that contain reshaped our air travel experience since Sept 11, 2001. With wry laughter and unique insight, Gerchick requires us past the jargon, technicalities, and all-is-well platitudes to expose the new normal of air travel: from the stuffed planes and myriad complications of everyday flying to the alchemy of air fares, the airlines' infinite nickel-and-diming, and the elusive wish of escape from steerage. We uncover what pilots do in the cockpit, what's well worth worrying about as it pertains to airline safeness, and just why we get suffering on planes. Meanwhile, Gerchick ponders the jarring disconnect between our quaint expectations of "service with a giggle" and the grim reality of cramped seating, no-free-lunch, and "watch-yer-knees. "With sympathy for both fliers and airlines, Gerchick shows the way the new "business-all-business" air travel industry has finally discovered to generate profits, even in the face of crushing fuel prices, and get millions of travelers where they're heading every day safely and quickly. From his singular vantage point as ex - aviation regulator and policymaker, Gerchick gives us an easy insider's view of how hard it is designed for government to improve the traveler's whole lot by detailing the vagaries of consumer cover rules as well as the politics realities and the financial forces at work. While Gerchick offers reasons to hope for a better future in air travel, he reveals an unvarnished look at what we can expect - bad and the good - whenever we take to the skies. Some of it'll reassure you, some will make you cringe, but all will open up your eyes from what this means to take flight today.
