Word: rapid
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...major problem is that instead of fusing into a cohesive elite force, this hodgepodge of different units has increased interservice rivalries, in part because of such rapid growth in recent years. The Air Force's 1st SOW is equipped to transport Special Forces; so is the Army's Task Force 160 of the 101st Air Assault Division. The Rangers, 1,800 strong, see themselves as the elite light-infantry unit; so does the entire 198,000-member Marine Corps. The Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Agency, established in 1984 to advise on policy, is run by Marine Major General Wesley...
Since then People's rapid growth has put immense pressure on Burr. A member of People's board of directors even feared that the company's acquisition of Frontier in October might be "a bridge too far for him" in terms of work load. Indeed, Burr often rises as early as 5:30 a.m. and begins work in the study of his white clapboard home in Bernardsville, N.J. There he toils all day Mondays, usually wearing a flannel shirt, baggy jeans and deck shoes. During the rest of the week he dons a business suit and drives 40 minutes...
Some critics fear that deregulation may be hurting safety. They argue that the rapid growth of air travel has stretched equipment thin and pushed carriers into unsafe procedures. Says Donald Engen, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration: "We are beginning to wonder whether economic deregulation may have led to maintenance practices that would justify certain fears." Problems that worry him range from the falsification of records to the use of improper repair parts...
...qualified are the pilots who fly the U.S. commercial fleet? The rapid growth of airlines since deregulation has created a need for more people in the cockpit, and major airlines have raided commuter carriers for some of their top personnel. In addition, a few pilots are jumping from one airline to another in order to gain higher pay. Warns Patricia Goldman, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board: "The enormous turnover rate of the pilot population results in pilots who just meet FAA requirements. It means crews flying together who have limited experience of working with each other...
...only good times ahead for Europe. Giersch, for one, saw a Continent divided between a majority of employed and a significant minority of jobless; between skilled workers and the unskilled; between regions that are prospering, mainly those located around the Alps, and regions whose resource-based industries are in rapid decline. Export industries have been doing well, Giersch noted, while others, like housing, have suffered. What Europe still lacks, according to Giersch, is a flexible labor force that would be willing in some cases to accept lower pay and move more easily to new jobs. Without that, he said...