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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nathan Fielder blasts ‘dumb' FAA response to The Rehearsal plane crash claims
Nathan Fielder has blasted the Federal Aviation Administration in a new interview with CNN. Fielder is behind the HBO show The Rehearsal, which used outlandish methods during its recently concluded second season to examine very real issues surrounding the ability of co-pilots to communicate clearly with one another. The comedian, 42, joined CNN's The Situation Room Thursday morning to discuss the show's second season and the aviation issues it thrust into the spotlight. In addition to anchors Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, Fielder was joined by former National Transportation Safety Board member John Goglia, who also appeared on The Rehearsal. Brown shared the FAA's statement to CNN responding to Fielder's claims that communication issues between pilots are causing crashes, saying the FAA "requires all airline crewmembers (pilots and flight attendants) and dispatchers to complete Crew Resource Management training.' The FAA also said it isn't seeing data to support Fielder's claims. But Fielder instantly slammed the statement as 'dumb.' 'Here's the issue: I trained to be a pilot. I'm a 737 pilot. I went through the training,' Fielder started. 'The training is someone shows you a PowerPoint slide saying, 'If you are a co-pilot and the captain does something wrong, you need to speak up about it.' That's all. That's the training, and they talk about some crashes that happen, but they don't do anything that makes it stick emotionally.' Fielder was pleading the case for additional communication training for pilots, and Goglia agreed the need exists. 'In aviation, we've long known that communications has been an issue,' Goglia said on CNN. 'And we've — we have dealt with it effectively through crew resource management. But what Nathan has uncovered was a little sliver that has fallen through the cracks and with these communications disconnect between pilots.' The new comments come after Fielder's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, in which he confirmed that he had genuinely spent two and a half years obtaining his license to fly a Boeing 747 for the show's shocking season two finale. 'So I trained for almost two-and-a-half years and worked my way up through private pilot, instrument, commercial, and I got a 737 type rating, so I am a licensed 737 pilot,' he shared. The comedian again shared his belief that poor communication between pilots has been a leading contributing factor in many plane crashes. 'That's why I went as far as becoming a 737 pilot, because I wanted to demonstrate that on a regular flight where two pilots are just trying their best, that communication between the co-pilots, captain and first officer, can be a struggle,' he explained. Giving further details about how the final episode came together, he added: 'I found someone who would lease me a 737. It's very hard to convince someone to lease a comedian a 737, but I found someone to do it and we chartered a real flight over the Mojave desert. We went from San Bernardino round to Las Vegas and then looped back, with cameras filming the whole time. 'You can see that we're both trying our best to communicate, and it's a struggle. I do think, and this is in the show, and you can see it, that when people look back at this 'Miracle over the Mojave', that they can see a turning point in aviation.'
The Hill
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hill
Nathan Fielder says FAA's pushback to ‘The Rehearsal' claims is ‘dumb'
Comedian Nathan Fielder took a swing at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday over a statement in which the agency pushed back on claims from his HBO show, 'The Rehearsal.' During a recent episode of 'The Rehearsal,' Fielder points to communication issues between an aircraft's captain and first officer as appearing 'to be the number one contributing factor to aviation crashes in history.' Fielder addressed his claims in a Thursday interview on CNN's 'The Situation Room' with the outlet's Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, highlighted by Mediaite, and called the FAA's statement pushing back against his comments 'dumb.' 'We reached out to the FAA to see what it had to say about all of this, and it told us that it mandates all airline pilots and crew members to complete intrapersonal communication training, and it says it isn't seeing the data that supports the show's central claim that pilot communications is to blame for airline disasters. So, I want to get you to respond to that, obviously,' Brown told Fielder. 'That's dumb,' Fielder responded. 'They're dumb, and they're — you know — they, here's the issue is that, they do — like I trained to be a pilot and I'm a [Boeing] 737 pilot. I went through the training. The training is someone shows you a PowerPoint slide saying, 'If you are a co-pilot and the captain does something wrong, you need to speak up about it.' That's all.' In a statement to The Hill that an FAA official described as 'addressing' claims that Fielder made in the docuseries about aircraft crew communication, the FAA said that it 'requires all airline crewmembers (pilots and flight attendants) and dispatchers to complete Crew Resource Management training.' The FAA has described Crew Resource Management as 'generally defined as the effective use of all available resources: human resources, hardware, and information' The agency also said in the statement that it 'analyzes data from a variety of sources such as an airline's Safety Management System (SMS), Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP), and Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program (VDRP).' 'If these programs identify elevated risks, appropriate action is taken by both the airline and the FAA to mitigate the risk and ensure safety. The FAA does not have data which supports these claims,' the agency added. Fielder, who sported a 737 hat during the CNN interview, is known for his comedy that tends to push boundaries and take big swings, with the last episode of 'The Rehearsal' featuring the comedian training to fly a Boeing 737. A 'Nathan Joseph Fielder' is listed in an FAA registry as a commercial pilot.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘The Rehearsal' Star Nathan Fielder Calls Out the FAA For Criticizing the HBO Series: ‘They're Dumb'
Nathan Fielder, the creator, star and writer of HBO's 'The Rehearsal' called out the Federal Aviation Administration for criticizing the show's examination of whether or not poor communication between pilots could be the cause of plane crashes. 'That's dumb. They're dumb,' Fielder said during a Thursday appearance on CNN. At the time he was responding to a statement from the FAA which claimed that all pilots must undergo specific trainings before and after they're licensed pilot. Per the FAA: 'The Federal Aviation Administration requires all airline crewmembers (pilots and flight attendants) and dispatchers to complete Crew Resource Management training. They must complete this training before they begin working in their official positions and complete it on a recurring basis afterward.' In response, Fielder stated that the training the FAA is referring to is merely a slideshow presentation. 'Here's the issue, is that, they do— like I trained to be a pilot, and I'm a 737 pilot,' Fielder said. 'I went through the training. The training is someone shows you a PowerPoint slide, saying if you are a co-pilot and the captain does something wrong, you need to speak up about it. That's all; that's the training.' Fielder, who was joined by aviation safety expert John Goglia, continued: 'And they talk about some crashes that happened, but they don't, they don't do anything that makes it stick in emotionally and makes you — like, so, pilots think they'll act a certain way in an accident, but like the crash that just happened here, it seemed like they saw that was sort of the issue, right?' The comedian appeared on the show to discuss the docu-comedy series' second season, which is centered around improving communication between pilots so as to prevent airline crashes. In the series, Fielder created scenarios to test his hypothesis and by the end of the series he graduated from his pilot training and steered a 737 with 150 actors on over the Mojave desert. Making his case even more, Fielder explained that oftentimes, the lack of communication is due to a subordinate feeling uncomfortable with correcting their superior or holding them accountable. 'Well, yes,' Fielder said, agreeing that he's seen evidence that proves his theory. 'That was my whole thing. That's the whole show. But I mean, it's like a human thing. You know what I mean? Like there's definitely stuff, I'm sure you guys, like, you brought up the analogy, but like, I'm sure Pamela [Brown], you don't say some things to Wolf [Blitzer] or —because you're — between you two, who would be like the boss or the more — like you're Wolf Blitzer, right? So, you're like, your name is first on the thing. So, I'm sure Pamela, at times you, you might not want to say, you know, oh, Wolf wants to do something you don't think it's a good idea. You might not want to express that always.' You can watch Fielder's segment on CNN in the video above. The post 'The Rehearsal' Star Nathan Fielder Calls Out the FAA For Criticizing the HBO Series: 'They're Dumb' | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nathan Fielder blasts ‘dumb' FAA response to The Rehearsal plane crash claims
Nathan Fielder has blasted the Federal Aviation Administration in a new interview with CNN. Fielder is behind the HBO show The Rehearsal, which used outlandish methods during its recently concluded second season to examine very real issues surrounding the ability of co-pilots to communicate clearly with one another. The comedian, 42, joined CNN's The Situation Room Thursday morning to discuss the show's second season and the aviation issues it thrust into the spotlight. In addition to anchors Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, Fielder was joined by former National Transportation Safety Board member John Goglia, who also appeared on The Rehearsal. Brown shared the FAA's statement to CNN responding to Fielder's claims that communication issues between pilots are causing crashes, saying the FAA "requires all airline crewmembers (pilots and flight attendants) and dispatchers to complete Crew Resource Management training.' The FAA also said it isn't seeing data to support Fielder's claims. But Fielder instantly slammed the statement as 'dumb.' 'Here's the issue: I trained to be a pilot. I'm a 737 pilot. I went through the training,' Fielder started. 'The training is someone shows you a PowerPoint slide saying, 'If you are a co-pilot and the captain does something wrong, you need to speak up about it.' That's all. That's the training, and they talk about some crashes that happen, but they don't do anything that makes it stick emotionally.' Fielder was pleading the case for additional communication training for pilots, and Goglia agreed the need exists. 'In aviation, we've long known that communications has been an issue,' Goglia said on CNN. 'And we've — we have dealt with it effectively through crew resource management. But what Nathan has uncovered was a little sliver that has fallen through the cracks and with these communications disconnect between pilots.' The new comments come after Fielder's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, in which he confirmed that he had genuinely spent two and a half years obtaining his license to fly a Boeing 747 for the show's shocking season two finale. 'So I trained for almost two-and-a-half years and worked my way up through private pilot, instrument, commercial, and I got a 737 type rating, so I am a licensed 737 pilot,' he shared. The comedian again shared his belief that poor communication between pilots has been a leading contributing factor in many plane crashes. 'That's why I went as far as becoming a 737 pilot, because I wanted to demonstrate that on a regular flight where two pilots are just trying their best, that communication between the co-pilots, captain and first officer, can be a struggle,' he explained. Giving further details about how the final episode came together, he added: 'I found someone who would lease me a 737. It's very hard to convince someone to lease a comedian a 737, but I found someone to do it and we chartered a real flight over the Mojave desert. We went from San Bernardino round to Las Vegas and then looped back, with cameras filming the whole time. 'You can see that we're both trying our best to communicate, and it's a struggle. I do think, and this is in the show, and you can see it, that when people look back at this 'Miracle over the Mojave', that they can see a turning point in aviation.'
NBC News
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Nathan Fielder calls FAA 'dumb' after agency rejects 'The Rehearsal' findings
Comedian/pilot Nathan Fielder criticized the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday, calling the agency and its response to his show, "The Rehearsal," "dumb." Wearing a hat that reads "737" (yes, like the plane) and a suit, Fielder and aviation safety expert John Goglia joined CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown to discuss the reaction to his HBO show. (CNN and HBO are both owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.) In the second season of the docu-comedy, which aired its finale on Sunday, Fielder investigates a theory that suggests many plane crashes are caused by pilots and co-pilots miscommunicating with each other. Viewers learn that Fielder had spent two years obtaining his commercial pilot license, so that he could fly a full plane of passengers (all actors) on a Boeing 737 plane. While Fielder is known on the show to make fake scenarios look realistic, viewers were shocked to realize he was, in fact, flying the plane. Some fans on Reddit also said they found Fielder in the FAA database and looked up his flight. Goglia, a former National Transportation Safety Board member, also appears on 'The Rehearsal, ' where he provided Fielder with expertise on flying. Together, they advocated for including role playing in pilot training. During the CNN segment, Brown read a statement from the FAA, in which a spokesperson said the agency 'requires all airline crewmembers (pilots and flight attendants) and dispatchers to complete Crew Resource Management training. They must complete this training before they begin working in their official positions and complete it on a recurring basis afterward.' Brown said the agency also told CNN it isn't seeing the data that supports 'The Rehearsal''s "claim that pilot communications is to blame for airline disasters." 'That's dumb. They're dumb,' Fielder said of the FAA after Brown read the statement. 'Here's the issue: I trained to be a pilot. I'm a 737 pilot. I went through the training. The training is someone shows you a PowerPoint slide saying, 'If you are a co-pilot and the captain does something wrong, you need to speak up about it.' That's all. That's the training, and they talk about some crashes that happen, but they don't do anything that makes it stick emotionally.' A spokesperson for the FAA sent NBC News the statement Brown read on air and added that "The Federal Aviation Administration analyzes data from a variety of sources such as an airline's Safety Management system, Aviation Safety Action Program, and Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program." "If these programs identify elevated risks, appropriate action is taken by both the airline and the FAA to mitigate the risk and ensure safety," the spokesperson said. The agency declined to comment further. Fielder's interview, like his show, quickly gained traction online, with many viewers praising him for committing to the bit. The comedian is known for his socially awkward humor, which is on full display in "The Rehearsal." The show has drawn both praise (with some calling Fielder a comedic genius) as well as criticism (with others claiming he can sometimes take things too far.) In another episode from season two, for example, the comedian depicts Paramount+ as Nazis after the streamer removed an episode of his show "Nathan For You" from its platform due to "sensitivities" around antisemitism, according to Variety. The show, which debuted in 2013, ran for four seasons on Paramount's Comedy Central. For Fielder, 'The Rehearsal" "is still comedy, but also this is a serious thing,' he told CNN. 'But I've been just interested in commercial airline crashes just for a while, as a hobby, I just read about them.' When asked if he's concerned about airline safety, Fielder said 'well, I don't want to die. I mean I'm concerned the same as everyone.' He said he was interested in exploring the topic of aviation safety when he started to notice that 'they can always solve the technical stuff when a crash happens, they work really hard to make sure that type of accident doesn't happen again, but for the human factor — communication — the thing keeps happening where there's miscommunication between pilots.'
