There at the Beginning - Robert O Brown - Bog

A story of one of the great success stories in government and its power to great benefit for the people, "There at the Beginning" tells the story of the development of the modern commercial airspace system in the United States. It starts at the beginning of the jet age, when flying was glamorous, yet rather dangerous, and fatal airliner crashes were common, to the present day where air travel is a commodity enjoyed by millions who fly each day in the greatest of safety."There at the Beginning" tells this amazing story from the unique perspective of three people who worked in different parts of the aviation industry at different times: Marilyn Morosoli, who worked as an airline hostess for Trans World Airlines, the 'Airline of the Stars', in the glamorous but dangerous 1950s; Robert Brown, whose career as an administrator in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stretched from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s, and helped build the nationwide system of airports and navigation aids we enjoy today, and his son, Robert Jr., who worked as an Air Traffic Controller from the early 1980s to 2015. His career started in the tumultuous time following the PATCO strike, and saw the dawn of Artificial Intelligence in directing air traffic."There at the Beginning" is a full-throated rebuttal of those who say 'Government is the problem', and shows how a nation and its people, through its government, can create great things for the benefit of all.