Word: relaxedness
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Several members of our staff have devised criteria for judging how nervous they ought to be. Among them are Washington Correspondent Patricia Delaney and Jerry Hannifin, who both contributed to the cover. "My first rule for comfort and safety is to fly when the smallest number of people do," says...
Most of the critics cite the 1978 deregulation of airline competition as the villain in this erosion of confidence in the system. While deregulation has reduced fares and opened air travel to enormous numbers of new passengers, the era of do-or-die rate-cutting competition has pressured carriers to...
On the large airliners, passengers have another reason to be uneasy. After studying 30 cockpit flight-crew members, Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, a professor at the Harvard Medical School, discovered that on long high-altitude flights, the cockpit crew is sometimes asleep. The pilots, copilots and navigators he interviewed admitted...
Throughout Malacanang Palace there was a festive air. In the hall below the President's office, a large Christmas tree stood festooned with white ribbons and ornaments. The weeks of coup rumors were over now, and the presidential staff was visibly relaxed. The 60-day cease-fire with the Communist...
Let the Soviet oenophile rejoice. As part of General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's antialcoholism campaign, liquor stores had cut their hours, selling their wares only from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Authorities have relaxed the rules a bit by allowing shops to sell wine and champagne from noon to 8...