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...loss of control" incidents, now the No. 1 cause of airline fatalities. There is an urgency to this approach: the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, which killed 265 in November 2001, is considered a loss of control, perhaps triggered when the plane hit the wake of a jumbo jet while departing New York City's Kennedy airport...
Another contributing factor to the need for pilot retraining: Most new commercial airline pilots lack the rough-and-ready military-jet experience of their predecessors. And although pilots frequently train in ground simulators, many pilots argue that there is no substitute for the real thing. As sophisticated as simulators are in replicating emergencies, they still provide mostly visual cues. The Learjet, on the other hand, can provide the real G-forces and actual sights and sounds. "Ground simulators are like your kid's PlayStation compared to real flying," says an airline pilot...
Frank Ruppen was a jet-setting marketing executive dispatched to Australia, Japan and Venezuela by a string of brand-name employers--until the economy soured, and he was dispatched to the street. The Harvard M.B.A. hit the job market with confidence this spring, but after months of rejection, he decided on what he calls "guerrilla tactics." Ruppen, 45, milled around a midtown Manhattan sidewalk in shirtsleeves, spectacles and a sandwich board with 20 other jobless executives last week. Standing firm amid the lunch-break crush, he shouted, "We want work...
...Toward the Galata Tower is an area known as Tunel, a center for nightlife. Babylon is a favorite, and features everything from German electronica to Cuban rapsters to Turkish jazz. Check out what's on at www.babylon-ist.com. Seyhbender Sokak, 3, tel. +212 292 73 68 BEST CLUBS Istanbul's jet set kick up their well-shod heels at Leila and Reina, exclusive night-clubs with both summer and winter venues. Their summer spots on the Bosporus are among Europe's largest open-air discos, with a capacity of 3,000. Mooring services available for those arriving by yacht. Leila: Muallim...
...hitch: he would have to resume a hectic flying schedule. So, when all three children were selected to join the prestigious American Youth Orchestra as violinists, David missed their concerts. He was also away for their basketball, soccer and volleyball games. And when he was home, he was so jet-lagged that he often fell asleep while watching movies with the family. Elly was worried about what kind of message he was sending to the kids. "I told him, 'If someday you feel like the kids only need you financially, don't get upset with them, because that's what...