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535. Why Is Flying Safer Than Driving?

Freakonomics Radio

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Airline Business - Is There a Flight Tower?

Stephen Dubner: Will technology ever replace the humans who fly the planes? He says production of pilots has slowed and it's time for a new mattress. Dubner talks to Billy Nolan, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Free Canontics Radio is sponsored by Amica Insurance.

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