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Captain Power-Waters covers every aspect of commercial aviation and
brings the reader to the conclusion that it is a much more perilous
means of transportation than generally suspected. Most of the
material in this book has never been touched upon in any previous
book on air safety. The following are a few of the subjects that
are documented in this book: There are no U.S. airports that have
adequate firefighting procedures. Mechanically impaired airliners
are allowed to fly when, in reality, they should be grounded. The
flushing of an airline toilet has imperiled the lives of passengers
aboard the plane and people on the ground. The air traffic control
system is near collapse caused by the "bumbling" FAA. Airline
pilots are not thoroughly trained to recover from all modes of
flight. The Boeing 737 is the most popular airliner ever built, but
it is potentially the most dangerous. "Captain Power-Waters brings
an understanding and appreciation of Air Traffic control from two
perspectives: as a pilot operating within the system; and as
someone who possesses a vast knowledge of the ATC's work." -William
A. Faville, Jr., National Air TrafficControllers Association,
President MKC. "If you are interested in the training of an airline
captain, if you think your airline is safe, or if you think the FAA
is totally interested in your safety, this is the book for you."
-Carl T. Butterworth, Senior Captain, American Airlines, Ret. Brig.
Gen., ANG. "You obviously have done an extensive job researching
this topic, and more importantly, it is clear you have lived the
issues. I congratulate you on your effort." -Robert Roach, Jr.,
General Vice President, International Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers.
"Sew another stripe on the arm of Captain Brian Power-Waters as the
Conscience-in-Chief of America's flying industry. In "93 Seconds to
Disaster," the story of the tragic post-9/11 crash of American
Airlines A-300 Airbus flight 587 in Queens, NY, he takes us inside
the cockpit on the fateful morning of November 12, 2001 as the
plane gets caught in bone-jarring wake turbulence from the 747 in
front of it. Stacking up facts, figures, black box transcripts, and
his own profound expertise, Power-Waters criticizes the NTSB for
its rush-to-judgment conclusion that the co-pilot caused the
breakup of the plane. The author cites reports of 'popping noises'
and shedding of plane parts after takeoff, and believes the Airbus
either was not airworthy before takeoff or there was an explosive
device on board. Power-Waters' probe flatly concludes that Airbus
covered up evidence of the extreme sensitivity of the plane's
rudder. He hammers at airlines, accuses the FAA of 'sleeping with
the airlines', and once again tests the air industry's commitment
to safety. "A must read "" --Alex Michelini, former Chief
Investigative Reporter, "New York Daily News" "If you think your
airline captain is trained to recover from any position that the
airplane might encounter, you'd be wrong." --Carl T. Butterworth,
Senior Captain, American Airlines, Ret. Brig. Gen. (ANG)
Tientsin in north-eastern China was known as 'The Ford of Heaven'
as it gave travellers access to the Celestial City of Peking and
the Emperor of Heaven eighty miles to the west. It was also a
'concession port' in the 1920s and 1930s, occupied by the foreign
powers of Britain, France, Russia, America and Japan in the wake of
the Opium War of 1860. This memoir evokes a childhood spent in this
strange and exotic place. The world that Power evokes is a
microcosm of the complexity and ferment that was China before the
Second World War, yet seen through the fresh eyes of a sensitive
child attuned to the people around him. This new edition of The
Ford of Heaven (first published in 1984) contains a new foreword by
Frances Wood, Curator of the British Library's Chinese Collection,
as well as a postscript and inclusion of extensive additional
material.
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