been practiced since 9/11 is unnecessarily strict and succeeds more in making the whole process unpleasant for the passengers than in preventing terrorism. For instance‚ in the text he mentions how the reinforced airport security has affected his on-flight reading habits: Once Upon a time‚ I’d check all my luggage so that I could casually stroll on board with a newspaper and a thick paperback. (…) As for my book‚ not long ago they took it away to one of those new-tech compressors to
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UV1317 Rev. Jan. 6‚ 2009 JCG GLOBAL AIR SERVICES Sam Bursk set about the task of preparing a fuel plan for his upcoming four-leg flight to Boston‚ the New York City area‚ Dallas‚ and back. Like the other 13 corporate pilots he worked with‚ Bursk enjoyed flying a lot more than doing paperwork. But unlike some of his colleagues‚ Bursk rather enjoyed the challenge of constructing a fuel plan. JCG Global Air Services JCG Global Air Services (AS) operated four aircraft to serve the transportation
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the right thing at the right moment” can be regarded as a simplified meaning of airmanship. Behind this phase‚ there are many things that a pilot must think about if he is to fly safely. A combination of knowledge‚ skills‚ situation awareness‚ flight discipline‚ and to exercising excellent decision makings is the key for the pilot to fly safely and efficiently in the crowded skies. The Importance of Airmanship You will no doubt have heard the statistic that 80 percent of all aircraft accidents
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Ocean. The most notable occurrence in the Triangle is the so-called Flight 19 – the training flight of five American TBM Avengers‚ which went mysteriously wrong and led to all of them being lost‚ as well as the rescue Mariner aircraft sent after them. The hypotheses concerning it again vary wildly‚ which is not made easier by the fact that there are a lot of so-called apocryphal versions of radio transmissions recorded after the flight‚ some of them featuring “white waters”‚ aliens‚ ghosts and so on
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AirTran 5 forces analysis New Entrant * The 1978 deregulation of the U.S. airline industry * The increasing of fuel price and labor costs * High competition * Brand loyalty The 1978 deregulation of the U.S. airline industry has attracted many new entries of low-cost airlines. However‚ as the competition in low-cost airline industry is very high‚ as well as the price of jet fuel and labor costs‚ many airline companies declared bankruptcy. Moreover‚ consumers start to have brand loyalty
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JetBlue is developing high technology (Paperless) to meet efficiency but also focused on service improvisation. Profile • Founder • Focus Area : David Neeleman : New York‚ Florida & California • Operations : February 11‚ 2000 • First Flight : Between New York’s JFK &Fort Lauderdale • Initial Capital : $130 million Mission Core Values Safety Caring Integrity Fun Passion SAFETY Concern from Order (CO) • Customer Satisfaction Objective (CSO) Interpersonal Understanding
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that REX is facing a ferocious competition from its competitors in terms of the strategic they use – mainly because of cost leadership they adopted; however‚ REX still has its own plan to achieve a good financial performance by fulfilling on-time flights and uncommon routes‚ based on differentiated strategy. There are still some improvements can be achieved by performing the balance scorecard demonstrated to ultimately influence its financial performance. 2.1 REX Strategic Analysis - SWOT
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wrong. Upon my arrival to the St. Louis airport my next departing flight to Chicago had already been delayed an hour. “Great‚” I thought sarcastically. Wishing the delay would disappear I glanced at the departures/arrivals board for a second time. “YES!” I abruptly whispered. The flight to Chicago before mine was also delayed and had yet to take off! I raced through the airport to get to the terminal! Thankfully the flight attendant let me on the plane! My time in the air was short and
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What We Do Know In 1971a normal looking man in his mid 40s purchased a one way ticket from Portland Oregon to Seattle Washington under the name Dan Cooper. After the flight that consisted of 5 crew members‚ 37 passengers took to the air; the man passed a small note to one of the two flight attendants. Flo Schaffner the woman who received the note simply ignored it and gently slid it in her pocket thinking it was simple piece of paper with the man’s phone number on it. As she passed by again Cooper
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My practicum hours are from 9:00am to 5:00pm. We give advisories to the flight attendants and flight stewards. We have our shifting time of giving those advisories. Most of the time we have nothing to do‚ sometimes no work is given to us. After two weeks of having my practicum in PAL Gate 3‚ my bosses assigned me in PAL Learning Center in Padre Faura. PAL Learning Center is a company that trains the flight attendants and flight stewards in boarding and departure. They also give them written examinations
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