Newark’s crisis is coming soon to an airport near you. Thankfully, comedian Nathan Fielder is dead serious about aviation safety. This episode was produced by Devan Schwartz, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. The actor Nathan Fielder in HBO's The Rehearsal. Photograph by John P. Johnson/HBO. Help us plan for the future of Today, Explained by filling out a brief survey: voxmedia.com/survey. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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American aviation has been having a tough year.
The crashes. An American Airlines flight with 64 people on board colliding midair with a Blackhawk military helicopter.
The urgent search underway after a deadly crash, a plane crash in Alaska. The air traffic controllers.
The systems are really old. They should have been updated a long time ago. The newer.
Radar contact lost. We lost our radar.
And as you'll hear on Today Explained, it might get rougher before it gets better. But you're also going to hear about a Canadian comedian who's deadly serious about one particular solution. He thinks pilots would crash less if they were simply better at talking to each other.
The captain has made a decision. The first officer understands it's wrong. But the first officer doesn't have the ability to speak up about it.
We're going to ask if he's got a point.
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