Commercial aviation in Alaska: Essential and deadly
Commercial aviation in Alaska: Essential and deadly June 24th 11:34 am | Zoë Sobel and Agnel Philip, KUCB and ProPublica Some say FAA has been slow to account for hazards, putting pilots, customers at risk On a clear day in May 2019, the tourist season was just starting up in Ketchikan, a city of 8,000 that had become a cruise ship hot spot. For Randy Sullivan, that meant another day - his fifth in a row - of flying sightseeing tours and charters. Sullivan and his wife, Julie, owned Mountain Air Service, a single-plane family business that had allowed Randy to realize his dream of be...