Flying Blind, Flying Safe

Flying Blind, Flying Safe
Cover has a small head and shoulders photo of the author, a short-haired blond woman with arms folded.
Front cover
AuthorMary Schiavo, with Sabra Chartrand
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUnited States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherAvon Books
Publication date
March 1997[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardcover
Pages303
ISBN0-380-97532-7
OCLC0380975327

Flying Blind, Flying Safe is a non-fiction book about the American airline industry and Federal Aviation Administration, written by Mary Schiavo with Sabra Chartrand. The book was first published in March 1997 in hardcover format by Avon Books.[2] An updated paperback edition was published on April 1, 1998.[3] Schiavo is a former Inspector General of the United States Department of Transportation, and Chartrand a journalist for The New York Times. Schiavo was Inspector General of the United States Department of Transportation for six years, and resigned in 1996 shortly after the ValuJet Flight 592 airline crash in the Florida Everglades. She became a whistleblower and was highly critical of the airline industry and its relationship with aviation safety agencies in the United States federal government.

The book is structured into two sections. The first portion of the book is critical of the aviation industry and the U.S. government agencies tasked with inspecting it. The second portion of the book addresses consumers and potential airline passengers. The book became successful shortly after publication. It reached number 10 on the New York Times Best Seller list and number 9 on a Chicago Tribune list of bestsellers in early April 1997. Most reviews of the book in media publications were positive. Some individuals within the airline industry claimed the book contained factual inaccuracies, and this was investigated as part of a class project at George Washington University.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference tavernier was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Schiavo, Mary; Sabra Chartrand (1997). Flying Blind, Flying Safe. Avon Books. pp. 303. ISBN 0-380-97532-7.
  3. ^ Schiavo, Mary; Sabra Chartrand (April 1, 1998). Flying Blind, Flying Safe. Avon Books. pp. 433. ISBN 0-380-79330-X.