Nathan Fielder
Appearances
Fresh Air
America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'
So I've been going through thousands of pages of these documents, and I noticed that one of your recommendations in the aftermath of this crash was to teach first officers to assertively voice their concerns. You recommended role-playing exercises should be done and that they should be required by the FAA. Right. But the FAA... Said no.
Fresh Air
America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'
And this was 15 years ago. And since this point, nothing's been done.
Fresh Air
America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'
I do... I do have some experience with creating elaborate role playing scenarios.
Fresh Air
America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'
You said this is for HBO? HBO, yeah. And the focus of the project is aviation safety. So, you know, we're really trying to make a somewhat sincere effort to explore and develop new ways to improve pilot communication in the cockpit. So that's the main thrust of the project.
Fresh Air
America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'
Well, I only say somewhat because it's a television show, so we're also trying to make it entertaining. So there's dual goals, I guess.
Fresh Air
America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'
Yeah. I mean, I would use that term loosely, but yeah. Yeah.
Fresh Air
America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'
I think that's good. Yeah, I think I'm going to call them for real now. Okay. Thank you. Yeah, great.