Nathan Fielder’s march toward aviation-policy reform continues. Following a CNN segment on May 29 in which the Federal Aviation Administration responded to the airline-safety issues Fielder raised in the second season of The Rehearsal with an unsatisfying comment Fielder labeled “dumb,” another aviation-governing body has weighed in. On June 4, Fielder’s theory that communication disconnects between pilots and first officers — and poor training on how to navigate said disconnects — is to blame for most airplane crashes was raised during an assembly of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and it was once again dismissed with a perfunctory reply.

Representative Steve Cohen, a member of the aviation subcommittee who Fielder unsuccessfully raised this issue with i

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