Word: repairer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pinched airlines tend to defer repairs on items that do not require immediate grounding of a plane. One pilot admitted that he flew his jet even though in his cockpit 14 red tags were hanging from parts on which needed maintenance work had been deferred. While this may be legal, John Galipault of the Aviation Safety Institute insists that one airline assigns mechanics to fly in what repairmen call "hangar queens," airplanes that develop frequent problems. When a minor ailment arises, the flying mechanic "signs off" on the paperwork needed to permit the plane to keep operating, even though...
...same reasons, the blunder is a peculiarly difficult one to repair. Disastrous policies can be reversed, subordinates who get a President in trouble can be replaced, and those who may have broken the law can be punished. What is not readily recoverable, once it has been lost, is trust. And Reagan has seriously, if unwittingly, strained the trust of allies, Congress and the American public in his Administration's credibility and competence. It is too early to say that his Presidency has been crippled, though that could happen if the dismaying pattern of new revelations and unconvincing explanations continues much...
...nominally all-Communist society. Craftsmen and professionals regularly moonlight to supplement their state-regulated salaries. The practice is called nalevo (working "to the left"). Last week the Supreme Soviet made much nalevo legal by passing a law that allows 29 types of private business, including carpentry and auto repair. One reason for the legislation is that it enables the state to collect added revenues. Practitioners of nalevo must now + register with their local governments and annually relinquish up to 13% of their earnings as income...
...quickly became the favorite spot for tens of thousands of skaters to do their twirls (and spills) and sip hot cocoa on a wintry afternoon. In 1980 the city closed Wollman for renovations, which were expected to take no longer than two years. The city originally estimated that the repair bill would total $9 million, but it eventually reached $12 million without a cube of ice to show for it. The roof of the pavilion, which houses the changing rooms and restaurant, was riddled with holes and made a perfect sieve. The ice-making equipment could...
Kilduff said that plans are underway to repair the roof, but plywood and roofing felt will cover the hole until the causes of accident have been determined...