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...officer took a report of a palm pilot and wallet stolen from a locker...
...contract to sell FedEx 10 of the cargo versions of the A380, which list for $230 million a copy. And Airbus is determined to maintain that momentum. Last year the company hired a telegenic industry veteran to make its case: Allan McArtor, who has served as a fighter pilot in Vietnam, an airline CEO and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration. McArtor briefs lawmakers and airline execs about the 120,000 employees in 42 states who work on Airbus contracts. "There used to be only one voice talking about Airbus, and that was Boeing," says McArtor...
...Right and Duty to Live on this Earth a Long and Happy Life (with four wives)." In one, he told the judge she was doing a good job so far--but with the caveat "don't forget, it's the landing that is difficult. (Trust me, I am a pilot...
...Sharon's Labor Party coalition partners would like to take that plan a step further, making Gaza and Jericho a pilot project for Palestinian statehood (in the same way as they served as the test-bed for the establishment of the PA under the Oslo Accords). But that would require the evacuation of Israeli settlements in Gaza, a step Sharon has refused to even consider. The latest attacks, however, appear to have frozen even the most meager version of the Gaza-and-Jericho first formula...
...says the rules of acceptance have been simple for her. "As pilots, we are graded by our compatibility with the person we're flying with, by our professionalism and abilities as pilots," she says. "The grades are given out regardless of race and gender. It's satisfying to see that women in the cockpit are now unremarkable within the pilot world." She doesn't think she approaches her job differently than a man, except perhaps in one respect. "I'll admit when I don't know something," she says, laughing. "I'm not sure some of my colleagues would think...