Full Upright and Locked Position: Not-so-comfortable Truths About Air Travel Today [Paperback] Gerchick, Mark

Air travel is broken, and Mark Gerchick — a former FAA chief counsel — knows exactly where the bodies are buried. This is the book airlines don't want you to read: why flights are delayed (hint: it's not always weather), why airports are designed to make you spend money, and why that $29 fare costs you way more than $29. Gerchick writes with the insider access of someone who helped write the rules and the dark humor of someone who now has to live by them. He dismantles the myths, explains the maddening economics, and reveals why fixing air travel requires rethinking the entire system. For anyone who's ever rage-eaten Cinnabon at Gate C37 while their flight boards "on time" three hours late, this is your vindication in paperback form. Smart, funny, and infuriating in equal measure.