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Jeff Wise has been writing about the second season of the rehearsal for Vulture. You can read and subscribe at Vulture.com. Jeff's got a podcast all about the disappearance of that Malaysia Airlines flight back in 2014. It's called Finding MH370. You can listen where you listen. And you can, of course, watch the rehearsal on HBO or Max or HBO Max or whatever it's called this week. Thank you.

Jeff Wise has been writing about the second season of the rehearsal for Vulture. You can read and subscribe at Vulture.com. Jeff's got a podcast all about the disappearance of that Malaysia Airlines flight back in 2014. It's called Finding MH370. You can listen where you listen. And you can, of course, watch the rehearsal on HBO or Max or HBO Max or whatever it's called this week. Thank you.

Jeff Wise has been writing about the second season of the rehearsal for Vulture. You can read and subscribe at Vulture.com. Jeff's got a podcast all about the disappearance of that Malaysia Airlines flight back in 2014. It's called Finding MH370. You can listen where you listen. And you can, of course, watch the rehearsal on HBO or Max or HBO Max or whatever it's called this week. Thank you.

Thank you, Andrew Tangle from The Wall Street Journal, for helping with this episode that Devin Schwartz produced, Amin Al-Sadi edited, Laura Bullard fact-checked, and Andrea Christensdottir and Patrick Boyd mixed. I'm Sean Ramos-Viram. This is Today Explained.

Thank you, Andrew Tangle from The Wall Street Journal, for helping with this episode that Devin Schwartz produced, Amin Al-Sadi edited, Laura Bullard fact-checked, and Andrea Christensdottir and Patrick Boyd mixed. I'm Sean Ramos-Viram. This is Today Explained.

Thank you, Andrew Tangle from The Wall Street Journal, for helping with this episode that Devin Schwartz produced, Amin Al-Sadi edited, Laura Bullard fact-checked, and Andrea Christensdottir and Patrick Boyd mixed. I'm Sean Ramos-Viram. This is Today Explained.

So I've been going through thousands of pages of these documents, and I noticed that one of your recommendations in the aftermath of this crash was to teach first officers to assertively voice their concerns. You recommended role-playing exercises should be done and that they should be required by the FAA. Right. But the FAA... Said no.

So I've been going through thousands of pages of these documents, and I noticed that one of your recommendations in the aftermath of this crash was to teach first officers to assertively voice their concerns. You recommended role-playing exercises should be done and that they should be required by the FAA. Right. But the FAA... Said no.

So I've been going through thousands of pages of these documents, and I noticed that one of your recommendations in the aftermath of this crash was to teach first officers to assertively voice their concerns. You recommended role-playing exercises should be done and that they should be required by the FAA. Right. But the FAA... Said no.

And this was 15 years ago. And since this point, nothing's been done.

And this was 15 years ago. And since this point, nothing's been done.

And this was 15 years ago. And since this point, nothing's been done.

I do... I do have some experience with creating elaborate role playing scenarios.

I do... I do have some experience with creating elaborate role playing scenarios.

I do... I do have some experience with creating elaborate role playing scenarios.

You said this is for HBO? HBO, yeah. And the focus of the project is aviation safety. So, you know, we're really trying to make a somewhat sincere effort to explore and develop new ways to improve pilot communication in the cockpit. So that's the main thrust of the project.

You said this is for HBO? HBO, yeah. And the focus of the project is aviation safety. So, you know, we're really trying to make a somewhat sincere effort to explore and develop new ways to improve pilot communication in the cockpit. So that's the main thrust of the project.

You said this is for HBO? HBO, yeah. And the focus of the project is aviation safety. So, you know, we're really trying to make a somewhat sincere effort to explore and develop new ways to improve pilot communication in the cockpit. So that's the main thrust of the project.

Well, I only say somewhat because it's a television show, so we're also trying to make it entertaining. So there's dual goals, I guess.

Well, I only say somewhat because it's a television show, so we're also trying to make it entertaining. So there's dual goals, I guess.