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Hour One

Airline Safety

The Department of Transportation will be conducting meetings next week to assess airline safety in the wake of a series of fatal airline crashes in 1994. How safe is it to fly? What kinds of changes should be made to improve airline safety?

Guests:
Captain Randy Babbitt
President
Airline Pilots Association
Washington, DC

Hubert "Skip" Smith
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Penn State University
State College, PA

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