Attention All Passengers

A Fast Food Nation for the airline industry, Attention All Passengers is a shocking and important exposé revealing the real state of the “friendly skies” in which we fly. Award-winning Consumer Reports travel journalist William McGee, a former editor of the Consumer Reports Travel Letter, spent nearly seven years in airline flight operations management, and what he learned was less than uplifting. From TSA power grabs and an endemic lack of oversight to legislative battles and lobbying boondoggles to antiquated flight patterns and outsourced maintenance workers, the airlines and the Government are in cahoots, conspiring to turn a profit any way they can, no matter who has to pay the price. A provocative and hard-hitting call to action, Attention All Passengers will explode all our previous misconceptions about the airline industry.

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Award-winning journalist and leading consumer advocate William J. McGee offers a shocking, essential exposÉ that reveals the real state of the "friendly skies." From outsourced call centers in India to the Alabama location where all lost baggage ends up, William J. McGee crisscrossed the country and traveled around the globe immersing himself deep into the world of commercial airlines. And what he found was shocking. McGee interviewed countless industry insiders—pilots, TSA security screeners, FAA inspectors, legislators, the CEOs of the major carriers, and even Ralph Nader and Steven Slater, the disgruntled flight attendant who famously jettisoned a JetBlue flight. Here he reveals how airline executives are cutting costs in "a mad race to the bottom" by delegating flights to second-tier regional airlines and outsourcing critical aircraft maintenance and repairs to unlicensed "mechanics" in China, Singapore, Mexico, and El Salvador. And while the U.S. airlines have raked in tens of billions of dollars for checked baggage alone in recent years, our skies (and our airports) are not getting any safer. What's more, McGee explains how both political parties and all branches of the U.S. government have conspired to place corporate interests above the interests of consumers, workers, the nation's economy, and even the planet itself. Attention All Passengers will change the way you view the airline industry and make you think twice the next time you see the fasten seat belts sign.

Washington DC Mayor Wendell P. Wastson's legacy comes undone when a woman turns down his advances and he sets his burly security guards on her. Evelyn Boone accidentally witnesses the murder and narrowly escapes as Watson orders her execution. So begins a wild goose chase across four states, with Watson's guards in hot pursuit of Evelyn.

Are you tired of studying TOEIC? Lucky you! "FunnyTOEIC" is a support material for studying the listening part of the TOEIC test. However, office women who have sexy voices, zombies and cute college students all appear in this revolutionary material. It's so funny that you never get bored and can't stop listening to it! That's the concept of this material. The feature of the scripts There are 20 scripts that are similar to part4 of the real TOEIC test. It has lots of typical situations found in TOEIC such as an airport announcement, radio advertisement, meeting at company and so on. Sexy office girls and college students appear and entertain you! In this material, you'll encounter over 400 important words that appear in TOEIC frequently, which means you can build your vocabulary for TOEIC effectively while listening at the same time. The words are listed and important ones are written in boldface. 21 narrators from various countries As many as 21 narrators recorded the scripts. They incorporate English accents from the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand that are heard on the TOEIC test. The name of the country is written next to the title of each script. How to get voice files You can download the voice files from the URL printed in this eBook. Not only those who are specifically studying TOEIC can enjoy FunnyTOEIC and improve their listening skills in a fun way, it is also useful for anyone learning English. Anyone who wants to learn English is welcome! This eBook is a script book and does not include grammar explanation and questions. 本書籍は「オモシロTOEIC」の英語版です。日本語訳や語句注はございません。ご注意ください。

Brilliant stories of a bumbling astronaut, and the human desire to discover the unknown, by the much-loved author of Solaris. Set in the not-too-distant future, when space flight has evolved to the point where humanity is ready to colonize the solar system, Tales of Pirx the Pilot follows one somewhat-hapless explorer as he struggles though his training as a cadet, his career as a pilot, and his tenure as captain of a merchant ship. In these collected stories, Pirx stumbles his way through various exploits: traveling to the moon; battling mechanical malfunctions; encountering robots; and confronting questions of ambition, evolution, exploration, experimentation, and the nature of humanity itself. And in classic Pirx fashion, he faces down each dilemma with charm, curiosity, courage, and intuition. These early works by revered speculative fiction author Stanislaw Lem are filled with both the sharp insight for which he is known and a childlike innocence, making them an entertaining and thought-provoking read for science fiction fans of all ages.

Considered an expert by his peers – after successfully selling his cutting-edge patented technology – Max was suddenly free from the daily grind. But his lifestyle and reality were about to be rocked by a single notion that would go against modern-day science; and a concept that he had never even in his wildest dreams considered. Max still recalls the day he heard the two words – ‘flat’ and ‘earth’ – combined; which unbeknown to him at the time, would change his life forever. And although the concept initially triggered wild emotions beyond his control, Max soon came to the realization that the world around him was not exactly what he thought. The epiphany changed his entire outlook on life. Join Max on his journey as he attempts to convince his friends that the shape of the Earth is not what they know, while he plans for a mission to discover more land on Earth with his ambitious and somewhat crazy plan to acquire a High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) to prove the shape of the earth – one way or another.

Black Friday Cyber Monday $ALE Save more than 60% OFF Right now! SALE ENDS MONDAY MIDNIGHT! Since Mac Mathews was twelve years old, he knew he would never be normal again. A boy with EM powers caused by a freak accident and the only way he would be able to control these strange powers would be to immerse himself in his Grandfather's 'Bujinkan' Program in the dark martial arts and way of the Ninja! Little did Mac know that in less than ten years he would be forced to save a beautiful woman from certain peril at the hands of some of the most dangerous individuals that ever walked this earth! In the near future he would fall in love and be called upon and enlisted in a secret new 'Spook Organization' in extreme 'Counter Terrorist Intelligence created by the Pentagon itself know only as the H.I.F. or the High Intelligence Force.

Craig Osborn, a handsome wealthy defense attorney. Who has flown around most of the world in hopes of finding a doctor to cure his impotence, but to Craig disappointment the doctors believe he has a psychological problem, possibly caused from a trauma that was so emotional and horrifying his mind has blocked it from memory and he may never find a cure. That is hard for Craig to believe, while in one hospital he had a dream he was married to the most beautiful girl he had ever seen and they were very intimate. He has all ways believed if he found the right woman, he could have a healthy intimate relationship. To his disbelief while giving a lecture at a University, he saw the very girl in his dream, but had only time to learn her name was Emeral, as he was leaving for Beirut to defend two FBI agents, who had been accused of turning their back for a price, to let one of the biggest drug lord in Beirut and America ship drugs into the USA. Craig vowed when he returned to the states, he would find this beautiful girl named Emeral, at all cost.