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Air Force, Incorporated
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Air Force, Incorporated (2006) is an Argentine documentary written and directed by Enrique Pineyro. The picture was executive produced by Aqua Films' Veronica Cura and produced by Enrique Pineyro.
Synopsis
The documentary portrays a behind-the-scenes look at the poor state of Argentina's civil aviation, and puts the blame on the Argentine Air Force. The Air Force has been in control of air traffic operations since the military takeover of General Juan Carlos Ongania in 1966.
The producer/director, Enrique Pineyro, claims Argentina and Nigeria are the only countries whose air force controls and regulates the airline industry.
Pineyro, a former Argentine airline pilot, makes his case in the documentary using diagrams, 3D animations, interviews, hidden cameras in the control tower, and a few props. For example, at one point he spills out a bag of plastic airplanes and equates it to the number of planes the air force has lost due to negligence.
The film is heavilty based on Austral Lineas Aereas Flight 2553 plane crash.
Enrique Pineyro takes his camera, secretly, into the control tower of the Ministro Pistarini International Airport also-known-as Ezeiza, the international airport at Buenos Aires.
Background
The basis of the documentary was Enrique Pineyro's experiences in the Argentine aviation industry. Pineyro was an airline pilot from 1988 to 1999, and resigned in June 1999.
The documentary is not his first portraying the Argentine airline industry. In 2004 he wrote, directed, and produced Whisky Romeo Zulu, a film that depicted the general corrosive deregulation, greedy cost-cutting corporations, and corrupt government officials, found in the Argentine airline industry.
External links
Fuerza aerea sociedad anonima at cinenacional.com .
Fuerza aerea sociedad anonima at Cineismo .
Enrique Pineyro interview. .
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