Gary Leff

Gary Leff is a frequent travel expert and Chief Financial Officer for a university research center. He co-founded InsideFlyer.com and has been called an 'Air Genius' and 'an airline industry brainiac'. Gary serves as Chair of the Nominations Committee and emcee for the Freddie Awards, was named one of the world's top travel specialists by Conde Nast for his award booking service, BookYourAward.com (2010-Present), and has been a featured speaker at credit card industry conferences. He has also worked alongside several Nobel laureates in economics and a member of the 9/11 Commission through his day job.

Biography:  https://viewfromthewing.com/about/

61%

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • The author displays religious and monetary biases in the article.
  • The author uses language that depicts one side as extreme or unreasonable.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • The article contains examples of religious and monetary biases.
  • The author mentions that Boeing moved its headquarters away from its manufacturing to move to Chicago where it received significant government benefits.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Boeing changed after merging with McDonnell Douglas from being a great engineering company to a financial engineering company.
  • The strategy did not benefit shareholders as they sacrificed quality and safety for financial gain but didn't actually gain in value.

Deceptions

40%

Examples:

  • The article states that sacrificing quality for financial gain was a deliberate strategy by executives to benefit shareholders, but this does not align with the fact that their stock price has actually decreased over time due to short-sighted decision making.
  • The article suggests that the company changed after merging with McDonnell Douglas and became a financial engineering company rather than a great engineering firm. However, this is not true as it was intentional for executives to change the culture of Boeing in order to run it like a business.

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