New Airbus A-380 Beats Out 747
Airbus is putting countermeasures for anti-aircraft missiles as an option for those airlines, which order them. If and when an International Terrorist Cell gets one, it will become instantly the largest airline disaster in the history of the world, due to the shear number of passengers on board. Many airports cannot even take an airliner so large, as the distance to turn it around are significant and the wing tips are wider than that of the runway, meaning the wing tip vortices will dig up the grass on the sides of the runways making ditches on both sides. This of course is unlikely because most handheld missiles are heat seeking and therefore will generally go to where the heat is instead, thus taking out one of four engines. Luckily bringing down such a large aircraft will not be easy, nor will it be able to be blown out of the sky with a handheld anti-aircraft missile unless it is lucky enough to hit a fuel tank.
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Learning to Fly
I learned to fly myself when I was 10-years old as my dad was an Airline Pilot and former Naval Aviator. Once you catch the flying bug you will want to go up again and again. You will have a whole different perspective on what true freedom is as you fly above the congested world we live in. For about $100 you can see for yourself why flying can make a huge difference in your life. Some people have a fear of flying at first although once they go up a few times they no longer have a fear, only pure excitement.
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Jet Lag - You Can Suffer From It...Or You Can Do What This International Airline Captain Does
Sleeping pills cause you to sleep without any body movement. There was a study reported in England's Lancet Medical Journal. It blamed 18% of deaths during long-haul flights from blood clots in the lungs. This reduces your circulation and increases the chance of blood clotting. This helps your body clock adjust to minimize your jet lag symptoms.
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NASA SATS for Point-to-Point Air Travel Solutions
The proof being the advancement in the marketplace by discount airline carriers of course and the most recent acceleration coming about with fractional jet aircraft market. The Spoke and Hub was a creation of the larger Airlines and Fred Smith's Fed Ex concept. Which indeed is something to see and is recommended for any logistics or distribution student as the economies of scale nearly pay for the extra distances that many packages travel thru the night to reach you by 10 AM guaranteed the next morning. But even now we are seeing Fed Ex pre-sort and send much of the packages direct, rather than to the Memphis Mid-Night Sort. NASA is rapidly working on ways to improve safety and efficiency in the movement of people around the globe, which will free up air-traffic and alleviate some of the over worked and over used airports of our nation.
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American Airlines; Crash: Nov. 12, 2001
There was a 747 that lost a tail a few years back and it took them 27 minutes to crash that one, there have sense been several airliners land safely after losing a vertical stabilizer. Remember Chicago O hare disaster with the DC-10, engines are not suppose to fall off airplanes and aircraft should not be born with defects, airlines should maintain aircraft, and pylons which attach powerful engines to wings. Some industry analysts say that Airbus builders are working for the laziest Union in the World selling to mostly government subsidized airlines. We need better standards on new airliners, which are made of composites because we now know more than we did previously about these new modern materials. The aircraft involved in that crash was an old Eastern Airlines plane, which was probably not too sturdy anyway for lack of maintenance back when that airline was falling apart.
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5 Tips for Stress Free Long Haul Flights
The Internet is an excellent resource in this regard, but don't ignore you're local travel agent who may have a wealth of customer experience with various airlines. A little bit of homework will certainly help you to discover the right airline for you. Don't be afraid to go straight to the airline and check out any special offers they might have as well as using high street and Internet based agents. You're 40,000 feet away from everything, make the most of it. Although extremely rare, it is a very dangerous condition.
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Point to Point VS Spoke and Hub? Air Taxi
There has been much talk about this and those airlines with smaller hubs or multi-hubs and most like point to point did best in the recession and during the 9-11 downturn. Now Air Taxi business is coming into play as an extension of the fractional jet market. After 9-11 we saw a big boost in chartered aircraft for top executives as the lines and hassles created by the TSA were unnerving to say the least. The trend is continuing and we are seeing a whole new wave and revival in commercial aviation. More executives and wealthy families traveling this way provided greater volume and economies of scale and thus spurred on the market when other commercial aviation sectors were hit hard by 9-11.
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Travel Tips:Tips for Safer flying
Common sense should tell you that you shouldn't bring hazardous materials on the aircraft unless they were allowed by the airline and shipped in a proper container. Other items such as sharp objects like knives and other seemingly benign objects have been targeted. The atmosphere in the cabin is pressurized to about the same as Denver altitude. Unauthorized materials that are not allowed are a list that seems to grow daily. If an attendant ask you to do something don't argue just comply.
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Entering Business Aviation, Part II: Pay Rates for Flight Attendants
If you are located in Pocatello or Burlington the chances of you finding work in the first place are remote, unless a fractional operator hires you and allows you to airline to reposition for your flight. Contract rates vary widely and depend, again, on your location, responsibilities, experience, etc. I have heard of flight attendants flying for $0 just to get the experience and hours [how could a company conscientiously allow that to happen? Okay, stupid question!] I've also heard of a flight attendant making $600 per day flying internationally. If the company insists on paying 35K, guess what? You won't make anything near 60K, you'll be crossed off their list and the person settling for 35K will get the job. Generally, never expect anyone to reveal their salary to you.
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Aviation Lawyer: Whether Passenger, Pilot or Owner, You May Need an Aviation Lawyer
These factors have led airlines to cut any costs they can to maintain their fragile financial balance. These accidents are unnecessary and if you or a family member has been a victim of airline negligence or outright, purposeful ignorance, you should contact an Aviation Lawyer who can help you. Thus, accidents still occur despite the increased security and safety laws and precautions. Since 2000, the aviation industry has been in financial difficulty due to changes in world economy, the entrance of low-cost carriers, SARS, war, and, of course, terrorism. Find an Aviation Lawyer associated with a major Aviation Law Firm today at hugesettlements.
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Airlines, Price Wars, and Branding
The airline example does not take into consideration some of the strides made by some of the then competing airlines. Continental Airlines instituted a fuel savings program to Pilots who were given a percentage of Lbs saved in fuel as a bonus. If the MBA number crunchers would look at the real problems and design a superior system in the airlines at that time rather than always doing the obvious and previous chess moves then they might get an upper hand. Surely this example cannot be used in modern context, because at the time each airline was flying both McDonald Douglas, Boeing and Lockheed Aircraft. Here are some thoughts on the study of the theory of price wars as they relate to the industries like the Airlines and others.
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The History of the Aircraft Wash Guys, Part Three
Arthur was one of the original Tidy Car Franchisees, his dad once owned a small airline in Los Angeles, which flew jets and later had one of the top performing Mail Boxes Etc. Lance often wondered who was worse the government terrorist regulator lawyers or the actual Osama Bin Laden and company. Then as we started get going the FTC hurt many of our franchisees by attacking Car Wash Guys and then the other terrorists of 9-11 just about put the death blow in General Aviation, but aviation people are tough as they come and today the market sector is rebounding. Winslow has always been passionate about flying and aviation. His Father was a decorated naval Aviator flying in the Puerto Rico Squadron F-8s during Cuban Missile Crisis, 250 combat missions in an A-4, later CO of a Naval Squadron (A-7 Corsair II), later Captain in the Navy, later and Airline Pilot (737, 727, DC-10, 747, 777, 757), then after retirement, currently fly's a Gulfstream Corporate Aircraft.
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Young Men Trying to Imitate the 9-11 Scenario, Part II
An issue I have currently with the newest pilots coming on board at airlines, who cannot really fly an airplane. This meant we would have more pilots for military, airlines and the like. Thus creating better pilots for the airline demands and of course with a bigger pot to pick the crème, better pilots means better safety. How could they understand what it means to fly? They are ground lovers. The counselor at this young man's school did not understand what was a matter with this kid.
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Young Men Trying to Imitate the 9-11 Scenario, Part III
The real airline companies who care about their companies and are not looking only to manage stock, buy up weak competitors and consolidate, those airlines are giving customer service are doing fine. But I do point out here and forever that we are simultaneously rewarding those who act out and are not following the program. I am not saying that Teen Challenge, DARE or any of another dozen programs are not totally worthy efforts both in our time spent and the results yielded. Only different in that they try harder or dream more. But those who surpass the program we do not.
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