Copyright © 2013 by Mark Gerchick
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Gerchick, Mark.
Full upright and locked position : not-so-comfortable truths about air travel today / Mark Gerchick. – 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-393-08110-7 (hardcover)
1. Air travel–Miscellanea. 2. Air travel–Social aspects. I. Title.
HE9776.G47 2013
387.7'42–dc23
2013006528
ISBN 978-0-393-08959-2 (e-book)
ISBN 978-0-393-34939-9 pbk.
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