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.

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.

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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。

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.

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.