Word: airlinese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In general, a calm born of renewed certainty has overtaken the industry. A number of new weapons systems are on the horizon. Moreover proponents of the B-l-notably Rockwell International, which still has 6,000 people at work on prototypes-are lobbying furiously on behalf of their aircraft, and...
Carter's order had other, less controversial effects. The President gave permission for new direct transatlantic flights to Europe starting from eleven U.S. cities, most in the Midwest or South; only ten cities had previously served as gateways to Europe (see map). He granted TWA the right to fly...
Audubon Society President Elvis J. Stahr. With the figures the volunteers provide, ornithologists are able not only to check the health and vigor of different avian species but also to detect changes in their habitats, set up wildlife sanctuaries and even help airlines reroute their planes to avoid dangerous collisions...
Everybody's favorite agency to hate is OSHA. "It is a four-letter word," says Congressman George Hansen, an Idaho Republican. OSHA was set up to protect 50 million workers from safety hazards in their 4 million places of work. People who are self-employed are excluded from OSHA's...
Chairman Alfred Kahn, 60, a Cornell economist who was appointed by Carter in May, is one of the rare bureaucrats who is trying to put his agency at least partly out of business. Under him, the CAB has given the airlines more freedom to lower fares and expand charter flights...