Word: quieter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...passengers, the buying binge will mean bigger, quieter and more comfortable planes. Airlines, for their part, will save on operating costs with the new fuel-efficient jets, which feature advanced computerized flight systems. With so many airplanes to build, though, the booming aerospace companies will face some fresh concerns: how to meet their delivery schedules and still ensure that their quality control does not slip...
...peeled open at 24,000 ft. The average age of the 5,253 planes in the U.S. fleet is 14 years; some 43% of jets were built more than 20 years ago. Another shopping incentive for U.S. carriers: tighter noise regulations. The newest jets are as much as 30% quieter than their predecessors...
...public needs is a shot of romantic realism. T.S. Eliot was a civil man, and a public-minded writer, and so it is only right that his anniversary be marked in public ceremonies; Chandler was the laureate of the loner, and so his admirers recall him now in quieter ways, alone, unnoticed, with a light on in their darker corners...
...Sullivan Stadium quieter than a "Scholars for Quayle" rally...
...rush hours. Last week the FAA also recommended 20% pay hikes for controllers at O'Hare, New York City's Kennedy airport and Los Angeles International airport. The Government hopes to attract more veteran controllers to work at these hubs, where the jobs are far more pressured than at quieter airports...