Hearing what a statement really means · Proposed air date:
Dr. Dave remembers the period when he began questioning not how reassuring a statement sounded but what it actually promised. An investigator’s declaration that no airplane should ever crash gives the brothers a clear example: the aspiration is admirable, but a literal guarantee could only be kept by ending flight altogether.
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Proposed recording date: 2006-02-04. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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