Did you know…that currently only 4% of commercial pilots are women? So when I was told of two women who not only are airline pilots‚ but sisters who both work for JetBlue and had a dream come true recently‚ I wanted to know more. The women recently operated JetBlue flight 1480 from Ft. Lauderdale to Washington‚ DC making them the first ever sister-sister flight crew at JetBlue! Pia and Anna-Maria Kymalainen grew up in an aviation family in Finland. With their father in aeronautical engineering
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Task 1 1.1 The view on what strategy means‚ varies as it is expected. The reason for the existence of different definitions is the Greek root of the word strategy means the art of war. Some definitions are: Strategy is the skill of administering or planning (Webster ’s New World Dictionary‚ 1992). Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization in the long term‚ combining the resources of the organization with the changing environment and more particularly to markets and clients‚ in order
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British Airways Business Report Executive Summary: This report is focused on reviewing the existing strategic plan of British Airways Plc (BA) and proposing a new strategic plan to be implemented over the next five years. BA is the leading global premium airline that has recently singed a joint business agreement with Iberia Airlines forming a new holding company-IAG. However‚ increasing competition due to consolidation and low cost carriers‚ its market share has eroded in the UK
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The New Deal was introduced in the 1930’s and it brought about reforms like social security‚ union-friendly labor laws‚ and agencies such as the economy act‚ federal deposit Insurance Corporation‚ and Securities and Exchange Commission. The Federal deposit Insurance Corporation was set up as an insurance policy on bank accounts. In 1933‚ banks would insure up to 2‚000 dollars‚ whereas now banks will insure up to 200‚000 dollars. In 1945‚ WWII ended and many people were supportive of the New Deal
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I. Case Problem: The Hands-On CEO of JetBlue The first thing you notice when getting on board is the new car smell. “No wonder” says the flight attendant hearing your remark. She points to a metal plaque n the doorway rim that says the Airbus A320 was delivered 1 month ago. Other notable features are the free cable on your personal video screen and the leather seats. Flight attendants are trained on how to give service with a retro flair. All attendants have to learn to strut proudly‚ as if
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1800’s‚ there was a series of occurrences that influenced women across the U.S. The Women’s Suffrage Movement was a major turning point in the lives of women. There were many rights that woman were being deprived of during that 1800’s. Women were raped‚ abused‚ called names‚ sexually assaulted‚ and given poor education. They were underestimated in many different aspects and were thought to be incapable of making their own decisions. The ongoing attack and criticism against women was what triggered
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In the early to mid-1900’s Americans were cruel to African-Americans through racism‚ segregation‚ and inequality. The Scottsboro Trials took place in the 1930’s and consisted of nine ‘colored’ men accused of raping two white women on a train. Of course‚ since life wasn’t exactly fair for everyone during this time‚ the trials resulted in biased results. Plus‚ the jury selected‚ was made up entirely of white men who were clearly in favor of the two white women. The Scottsboro Boys’ Trials eventually
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emeraldinsight.com/0025-1747.htm MD 46‚4 Decision magnitude of impact and strategic decision-making process output 640 The mediating impact of rationality of the decision-making process Received January 2008 Accepted January 2008 Mahmood Nooraie School of Management‚ Islamic Azad University of Abhar‚ Tehran‚ Iran Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the role of the rationality of the strategic decision-making process between decision magnitude of impact and the quality
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In the 1880’s and 1890’s‚ college football and prize fighting began to ascend into the American limelight. The two sports went from being available to only certain social classes to being made available to all of them. The lower and middle social class would slowly begin to attend college football games and the upper class would start to make their way out to watch prize fighting matchups; two things that appeared as rarities earlier in the decade. With prize fighting originating in areas populated
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The articles that were assigned were accounts from Spanish men who actually lived during the 1700’s to the mid 1800’s‚ and their impact on the Indians. They were able to document different situations in which the Natives were exploited or abused‚ although some portions of the readings like the one by Father Junipero of the San Diego Mission‚ or that of Captain Alejandro Malaspina are completely one sided. Both make it seem to the reader like the Natives were uncivilized and didn’t have a fear of
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