A three-part series about the world of aviation from Public Broadcasting Services.
This special series about the aviaiton world expires on March 8th, 2017. Take an afternoon or morning and enjoy these excellent shows about what it takes to keep our cities in the air operating.
Episode One — Departure
What does it take to get a million people off the ground and up in the air? Explore the building of the world’s biggest passenger plane, how designers control the flow of passengers through the busiest airport on the planet, and the perils of getting airborne in the coldest city on Earth.
Episode Two — Airborn
We take flight for granted, but on any journey a hidden army of people keep your plane safe. We explore just what it takes to keep the ‘city in the sky’ airborne and passengers safe between take-off and landing.
Episode Three — Arrival
There are around a million people airborne at any one time. But what goes up must come down, and getting passengers safely back to earth depends on complex global networks and some astonishing technology.
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
