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...rush hour as the highways leading to them. "The hard part isn't flying to Chicago, it's getting around on the ground," says a veteran airline pilot. "And the controllers are so rushed you don't ask for help." A big part of the problem is human error. The FAA says more than half of runway incursions are attributed to pilot mistakes. These include not following instructions, missing turns, even getting lost at an unfamiliar airport. An additional 25% of runway incursions result from controller miscues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Close Encounters | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

...head of the Roman Catholic Church, John Paul has one foot in the dimension of history (where mess, error, violence, fanaticism and stupidity flourish merrily) and the other in the dimension of eternity (where, he must insist, the holiness and infallibility of the church as the mystical body of Christ remain intact). It is awkward: How does infallibility own up to its fallibilities and yet remain infallible? The Pope's solution: by being vague about the actual sins and by attributing them, in any case, to men and women who are Catholics and not to the Catholic Church itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is It Enough to Be Sorry? | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

...most disturbing problems, according to Ross, is that mistakes are easy with the longer 33 digit code. One simple keystroke error can cause much bigger problems for her lab later...

Author: By Tova A. Serkin and Michael L. Shenkman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: In the Trenches: A Staffer Struggles with ADAPT | 3/21/2000 | See Source »

...administrators try to help each other out by sharing the gems of information they can learn only by trial and error...

Author: By Tova A. Serkin and Michael L. Shenkman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: In the Trenches: A Staffer Struggles with ADAPT | 3/21/2000 | See Source »

...aims of Project X was to cut out redundant steps, which previously created more room for error," Mary Varga, director of finance and administration of facilities, told the Yale Daily News...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan and Michael L. Shenkman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Other Schools Face Same Problems | 3/21/2000 | See Source »

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