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...European capital, his last big deal was falling apart. On that day in June, Welch had met twice with Mario Monti, the European Union's Commissioner for Competition. Monti believed that the combination of Honeywell's cockpit controls with GE's engines and powerful aircraft financing division would stifle competition. In other words, he viewed with suspicion precisely those synergies that, for Welch, made the deal so attractive. Monti would approve the merger only if Welch made the kind of concessions that, from GE's standpoint, wrecked its whole point. The next morning Monti called Welch once more, to discuss...
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...across Asia, risk awareness is thin, and no pan-Asian transport body exists to call for precautionary measures, as the European Commission did in January. During the Haj season when tens of thousands go to Mecca, Pakistan International Airways routinely refits aircraft to shoehorn in as many seats as possible. In China, Li Ru, spokeswoman for Air China, puts her faith in passenger size. "We are shorter and smaller than Westerners, so we're less uncomfortable in airplane seats," she says. For those airlines that are taking action, the mood is aggressively defensive. Following the WHO conference, the Association...
...Another potential problem relates to barometric pressure. Most aircraft cabins are pressurized to the equivalent of an altitude up to 2,400 m. Anyone who has gone mountain trekking knows that shortness of breath, dizziness and even fainting can occur at such levels on earth. For passengers with a heart or lung condition, the problem could be more severe in the air. (They should consult their doctor before flying.) But airlines resist increased pressurization on economic and technical grounds. "I'd have no wish to fly in an airplane trying to maintain sea-level pressure," says Perry. "You would need...
...passages from drying out, which makes them more susceptible to colds and other germs, and wearing glasses rather than contact lenses to ward off dry and itchy eyes. But don't expect the carriers to instigate change. "If airlines increased cabin humidity beyond the customary level, condensation inside the aircraft's interior walls would trickle downward after landing and eventually enter the plane's sensitive electronics system," says Luft-hansa's chief medical officer Lutz Bergau. "As a passenger, would you want that to happen?" As for space, the industry acknowledges it is possible to give economy-class passengers more...