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...since taking over in 2005 as its youngest-ever boss. Adjusting to the scale of the challenge of running Europe's third-largest airline after four years as boss of Irish carrier Aer Lingus "was easy," says Walsh. "I just multiplied everything by 10." Not all of BA's bigger numbers meant better. When he arrived, the company's pension fund was short of almost $3 billion, more than the shortfall at any other major British firm. And payroll for BA's 46,000 staff sucked up a bloated 30% of its costs...
Dealings with the trade unions are less clear-cut. Settling the dust-up with the Transport and General Workers' Union (T&G) early in the year at least averted the even bigger losses that a cabin crew walkout would have triggered. But the ugly dispute left both parties admitting that "a fresh start is needed to the relationship," BA said in a statement issued at the time. That will take a while. The roots of January's squabble over pay levels were buried in agreements drawn up in the '90s, years before Walsh arrived. He acknowledges: "You don't change...
...optimistic that today's turboprop runs will make the never-before-seen 500 production mark--ATR thinks it can crack $1 billion in sales next year. Bombardier is working on the Q400X, a 90-seater, which would be the largest turboprop in the world, to compete quietly with even bigger jets. As turbos continue to make noise in aviation, at least it's no longer the kind we've always expected. PROP-U-LAR Worldwide orders for turboprop aircraft with 20 to 90 seats [This article contains a chart. Please see hardcopy of magazine...
...could affix a rubber tail, designed by sculptor Kazuhiko Yakushiji, onto her mangled tailfin with reinforced plastic and metal screws. Winter, a dolphin that lives at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida and is completely tailless as a result of an injury from a crab trap, presents a much bigger challenge. Hanger Orthopedic Group in Bethesda, Md., thinks it can help, using a sticky, gel-like material to create suction between the damaged limb and the prosthesis that will help hold it in place. The detachable tail may leave Winter too vulnerable ever to return to the wild but will...
...HOUSTON Bigger is better in Texas, where Tom Ford's large, square frames ($425) are tops...