With Season 2 of HBO‘s The Rehearsal taking aim at commercial airline safety, Nathan Fielder isn’t mincing words about the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
After he pointed out communication issues between co-pilots on the docu-comedy series, the Emmy nominee said the FAA “revealed themselves to be very dumb” with their response to his findings.
During his recent appearance on CNN, Fielder was asked about the FAA’s response that it “mandates all airline pilots and crew members to complete interpersonal communication training,” rejecting the show’s claims that pilot communication issues are contributing factors of crashes.
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“That’s dumb. They’re dumb,” said Fielder. “Here’s the issue: I trained to be a pilot. I’m a 737 pilot. I went through the training. The training [for interpersonal communication] 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 doubled down on his comments later in the interview. “I think what we’re showcasing in the show, is even though we might not have the exact solution, there’s stuff to look at here. Why say that? It’s a little dumb,” he said of the FAA’s statement.
The Rehearsal follows one man’s journey to reduce the uncertainties of everyday life. With a construction crew, a legion of actors and seemingly unlimited resources, Fielder helps ordinary people prepare for life’s biggest moments by “rehearsing” them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design.
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