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Award-winning journalist and leading consumer advocate William J. McGee offers a surprising, essential exposé that unveils the real state of the "friendly skies". From outsourced call centers in India to the Alabama location where all lost baggage eventually ends up, William J. McGee crisscrossed the country and traveled around the world immersing himself deep into the world of commercial air companies. And what he found was surprising. McGee interviewed many industry insiders - pilots, TSA security screeners, FAA inspectors, legislators, the CEOs of the major providers, and even Ralph Nader and Steven Slater, the disgruntled journey attendant who famously jettisoned a JetBlue journey. Here he unveils how airline professionals are lowering costs in "a mad race to the bottom" by delegating plane tickets to second-tier local airlines and outsourcing critical aeroplanes maintenance and repairs to unlicensed "mechanics" in China, Singapore, Mexico, and El Salvador. Even though the U.S. airlines have raked in tens of vast amounts of dollars for examined baggage alone in recent years, our skies (and our international airports) are not getting any safer. What's more, McGee talks about how both political parties and everything branches of the U.S. federal government have conspired to put corporate pursuits above the pursuits of consumers, staff, the nation's economy, and even the planet itself. Attention All People changes how you view the flight industry and cause you to think twice next time you start to see the fasten seat belts sign.
