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...ASSUMED ALIVE --Pakistani and Afghan intelligence reports suggest the terror master is still living, sneaking from one mountain hideout to another along the two countries' common border. Bin Laden and his entourage are said to be traveling by foot and horseback under cloud cover, to avoid detection by surveillance aircraft...
Luckey argues that aircraft are designed to withstand the minor decompression that might result from bullet holes in the fuselage. According to airplane maker Boeing, even onboard explosions have not caused planes to crash. Luckey says pilots would be physically, psychologically and financially screened before being authorized to pack heat, then trained by the FBI and closely monitored on and off duty. "There isn't a pilot out there who wants to carry a gun," says Luckey. "But a weapon is another piece of emergency equipment...
...help. The partners were most interested, though, when a call came from David Siegel, CEO of US Airways, who had worked at Continental during TPG's turnaround of that carrier. US Airways has valuable East Coast routes and gates and an above-average revenue per seat. But aircraft and labor costs were killing it. Siegel wanted to bring US Airways out of debt without bankruptcy. But TPG, while encouraged by union concessions, was adamant that the airline undergo a thorough restructuring in the courts to write off debt. Texas Pacific is content to wait and work at turning around...
Even so, the Chicago Climate Exchange will be ahead of U.S. law, and will be a test of corporations' readiness to act on their own. "This is the Wright brothers' version of an aircraft," Sandor says. "It's not the 747 that exists after 50 years, but it's a start. And that's going to be important to your children and my grandchildren." --By Katherine Ellison...
...being to slash the road toll by 2010. Among 60 proposals are common road signs throughout the 15 E.U. countries, common fines for similar offenses, tougher laws to protect cyclists, signaling frequent crash sites, more research into airbags and tires, fitting all cars with black boxes like those in aircraft. Sounds good. But doesn't it nearly all come down to attitude? One bumper sticker I remember from my youth in Australia just said, "Courtesy is Catching." It is. Another read, "Better late than dead on time." There are 40,000 good reasons to drink to that...