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DIED. OSCAR ADAMS JR., 72, former state-supreme-court justice and the first black elected to statewide office in Alabama; of cancer; in Birmingham. Adams, a top civil-rights lawyer, was appointed to a vacancy on the state's high court in 1980. He won the seat in 1982 and was re-elected twice...
Every year one seat on the commission is made available, and the city's Democratic and Republican committees alternate in nominating individuals to fill the position...
...billion in costs. The airline, once a paragon of service, paid a steep price for such bloodletting: it plunged to last in on-time arrivals and lost thousands of bags. Passenger complaints rose to record levels. Delta had attempted to drive down its cost from 9.26[cents] per "available seat" mile to 7.5[cents] per mile, a goal it has not yet attained. The company recently admitted that it had gone too far in cutting back passenger service and vowed to make amends...
...Seats. The discomfort felt in your belly is exceeded only by the pain in your behind. Domestic carriers are flying at an average 70% capacity, the highest since World War II. But legroom, as measured by the distance between the seat in front of you and the back of your own, has shrunk from 34 in. in coach 20 years ago to an average of 31 in. today. Doesn't sound like much, but remember that the trend in human girth is running opposite: Americans are getting bigger. The cush has been taken out of the cushions too, from...
...economy healthy, travel booming and airlines' profits surging, the industry is less likely to bring back the frills. "The quality of the experience has declined over time," says Deutsch. "The airlines have the upper hand. And I don't see it changing in the near future." So fasten your seat belts, folks--it's going to be a bumpy flight...