SJI’s own John J. Nance answers questions about airline safety
Monday, March 24, 2025
by Jeff Noedel
video by Jeremy Tyler
John J. Nance is an internationally-recognized expert in airline safety. He is the expert ABC News has turned to for three decades when they have a question about airline safety, or they are covering a serious airline incident. He was also the on-camera subject matter expert in 18 episodes of the television series named Mayday, which analyzes major airline disasters.
John’s impressive biography (a Wikipedia page) is here.
John J. Nance also happens to be a long-term resident of San Juan Island.
A rash of crashes, near-misses, and other issues have been in the news in 2025, so we thought we’d ask John to explain. After all, many islanders travel by air — especially in the winter. And in the summer many part-time residents trek here by air.
SanJuans.Today is honored to present this exclusive interview.
This interview was recorded on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
In 2024, we interviewed John J. Nance about his life and his career. That three-part series can be seen here:
PART 1 OF 3: No Plans to Retire – The Overlapping Careers of John J. Nance
PART 2 OF 3: John J. Nance talks of his early life in Texas – And his biggest worry for America
PART 3 OF 3: John J. Nance talks about writing novels, his family, and SanJuans.Today
