Word: pilote
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...boarding passes and climb a steep metal staircase to enter the plane. Flight attendants then run them through the safety procedures, serve them snacks and cold drinks and answer questions about how an aircraft works. In a nod to a more innocent time, passengers are free to visit the pilots in the cockpit. "We are fulfilling life wishes," says Gupta. "We want people to have a good time, to inspire them, so that kids see that if they study hard they might become a pilot...
...rules are going to change. The definition of a writer and the expectations of what a writer will earn in the industry is unclear at the moment.” For him, the repercussions are immediate as well as long term. “I just finished a pilot and now I can’t take that to market. There’s no one who would buy it. [The strike makes it] difficult for me to advance my career.” The full effects of the strike may not be restricted to screenwriting. Frank L. Washburn...
There's no doubt, though, that the government helps keep labor costs in line, in part through intimidation. There has never been a strike at SIA. In 1980, when pilots complained about pay, the country's Prime Minister threatened to fire every pilot and ground the airline, and the pilots' union was fined and shut down. A new union was formed a few months later. Today a 747 captain with 10 years' experience makes about $118,000 a year at SIA, compared with about $258,000 at a U.S. carrier. After the 9/11 attacks, the airline cut management salaries...
...more is on the way. One service already attracting a lot of attention is a pilot project between MeritaNordbanken, the Finnish cell-phone maker Nokia, and Visa International, the credit-card company. Nokia will soon have available in Finland cell phones that contain two chips, one for mobile-telephone service and one from Visa that adds a nifty credit-card function to the handset. The Visa chip will allow a customer to hold the phone near a cash register and push a button to pay a bill rather than having a clerk swipe a credit card. The digital mobile phone...
...pilot program, which will expire in six weeks, comes as a result of a discount from the Times and funding by the Undergraduate Council, House Committees, and Harvard University Dining Services...