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...executives at the major airlines scurry around Washington trying to sell Congress on a $24 billion bailout to save their suddenly endangered industry, one of the business? smaller players - CEO Jonathan Ornstein of Phoenix-based Mesa Airlines - has an idea: Start by saving yourself...
...Ornstein made airline history this week when he announced Mesa would be the first carrier in the U.S. to put its own security guards on its flights. "The airline industry is undergoing a fundamental shift and we have to consider making innovative changes," said Ornstein, who oversees an operation of 126 aircraft with 1,100 daily flights and flies flights for America West Express, US Airways Express and Midwest Express. "The industry should keep in tune with what is important to our customers and right now passengers are less concerned about traditional in-flight amenities and more concerned about safety...
...Arabs or Muslims. A number of violent incidents against Sikhs have been reported in the New York area. Apparently, Sikhs—with their long beards and turbans—remind attackers of Osama bin Laden. On Saturday, a man shot and killed a Sikh service station attendant in Mesa, Arizona. The assailant then proceeded to drive to the next service station and fire on a Lebanese-American worker...
Elsewhere in the U.S., several apparent backlash attacks and threats have been reported against people of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent. In Mesa, Ariz., an Indian immigrant gas station owner was shot to death and a Lebanese-American clerk was targeted—but not injured—by gunfire at another gas station. In Seattle, an armed man was arrested after allegedly setting fire to a mosque...
...Antiballistic Missile Treaty and encouraging NATO expansion to Russia's borders, Vladimir Putin has every reason to be delighted with the U.S. President. The Russian leader now has all the excuses he needs to justify meeting the demands of his generals for increased military funding. RALPH KRESS La Mesa, Calif...