The Culture of Fear_ Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things - Barry Glassner [165]
11 Richard Newman, “How Safe Are Small Planes?” U.S. News & World Report, 14 November 1994, pp. 68-76. Newsmagazine statistic from Phillips, “If God.”
12 Stephen Chapman, “Commuter Airline Safety,” Chicago Tribune, 18 December 1994, p. D3.
13 Douglas Frantz, “F.A.A.’s ’Tombstone Mentality‘,” New York Times, 15 December 1994, p. A16; Adam Bryant, “Poor Training at FAA Linked to 6 Crashes,” New York Times, 15 October 1995, p. A1; Beck, “How Safe”; Hedges, “What’s Wrong.” See also Owen Ullmann, “Wanted: A New Flight Plan for the FAA,” Business Week, 1 July 1996, p. 39.
14 Jeff Brazil, “FAA’s Response Record Under Fire,” Los Angeles Times, 12 December 1994, p. A1.
15 CBS, “Evening News,” 7 April 1995.
16 See Beck, “How Safe“; “The FAA: Too Slow to Act on Airline Safety?” Consumer Reports, June 1995, p. 385; Mark Honig, “Child Safety Sophists at CBS,” MediaNomics, May 1995, p. 4; Cornelia Dean, “Assessing Regulation in an Era of Regulatory ’Reform‘,” article posted on the Internet by the Foundation for American Communications (FACS), 1996. Criticism of the FAA continued in subsequent years. See, e.g., Eric Malnic, “FAA Failure Cited in Valujet Crash Report,” Los Angeles Times, 20 August 1997, pp. A1, 10; Mary Schiavo, Flying Blind, Flying Safe (New York: Avon, 1997); ”Ground Unethical Trips,” USA Today, 14 August 1998, p. A14; ”Troubling New Safety Report Shows FAA’s Shortcomings,” USA Today, 1 April 1998, p. A10; Scott McCartney, ”FAA Data Deficiencies Hamper Effort to Spot Airline Safety Hazards,” Wall StreetJournal,27 July 1998, pp. A1, 7; ”Problem-Prone Airline Wiring Fails to Spark FAA Urgency,” USA Today, 10 November 1998, p. A14.
17 Don Phillips, “Personal Feud, or Professional Problem?” Washington Post, 16 July 1995, p. H1; Matthew Wald, “Counterfeit Airliner Parts Are Said to Be Often Used,” New York Times, 25 May 1995, p. 18; Hedges, “What’s Wrong”; Willy Stern, ”Warning!” Business Week, 10 June 1996, pp. 84-92 (Schiavo quote and photo on p.87). For another example of spare parts coverage see CBS, “Evening News,” 24 May 1995.
18 Don Phillips, “Bogus Aircraft Parts Threat Debated,” Washington Post, 25 May 1995, p. B12. On NTSB criticisms see, e.g.: Hedges, “What’s Wrong“; ABC, “Primetime,” 18 November 1994.
19 ABC, “Primetime,” 18 November 1994. For more of Schiavo’s fear mongering about bogus parts, see Shiavo, Flying Blind, Flying Safe, ch. 5.
20 Stem, “Warning!” For other coverage in 1996 see Gary Stoller, “Counterfeit,” Conde Nast Traveler, March 1996, pp. 37—40.
21 Lance Bylow and Ian Savage, “The Effect of Airline Deregulation on Automobile Fatalities,” Accident Analysis and Prevention 23 (1991): 443-52. Erik Larson, “Death in the Everglades,” Time, 20 May 1996, p. 20.
22 Other articles include: ”Death in the ’Glades,” Newsweek, 20 May 1996, p. 31; ”Fliers May Rethink Low Fares After Crash,” USA Today, 14 May 1996, p. B10. FAA study and coverage thereof: Matthew Wald, “F.A.A. Cites Problems at Valujet,” New York Times, 18 May 1996, p. A6; ABC News ”Nightline,” 16 May 1996. See also ”Hinson on Safety of Low-Cost Airlines,” USA Today, 25 June 1996, p. A13.
23 Art Pine, “Budget Airlines’ Repairs Endorsed,” Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1996, p. 12; ”Polls Show Confidence Gap,” CNN (online), 18 May 1996; Scott McCartney, ”Start-Ups Still Suffer from Valujet Crash and FAA’s Missteps,” Wall Street Journal, 9 December 1996, pp. A1, 10.
24 Mary Fackler Schiavo, “‘I Don’t Like to Fly,” Newsweek, 20 May 1996, p. 32.
25 Tom Squitieri, “Outspoken Inspector Angers FAA, Others,” USA Today, 15 May 1996, p. A3; Cindy Skrzycki, “DOT Inspector General Keeps Flying in the Face of Caution,” Washington Post, 17 May 1996, p. F1;