Nathan Fielder made headlines in June when he called the Federal Aviation Administration “dumb” for its pushback on claims made in the second season of HBO ’s The Rehearsal .

The second season of the show focuses on airline safety, specifically related to communication between pilots and co-pilots with Fielder highlighting the issue in a series of rehearsed situations, including the comedian flying a Boeing 737 passenger jet in the finale.

In an interview on CNN’s The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown after the show ended, he criticized the F.A.A.’s training standards, claiming that they don’t really prepare pilots and co-pilots to say what’s on their mind if they are concerned about something happening in the cockpit.

In the series, Fielder was hoping to be in

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