Pilots React to The Rehearsal

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When it was revealed that the second season of The Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder’s documentary-style comedy, would be about aviation safety, the choice felt almost too topical. This season, Fielder focuses on a few very real pilots, whose interpersonal communications are used to exhibit his hypothesis: There’s a deadly communication gap between the captain and the first officer. Change the way they talk to each other, and voilà, safer flights.