Word: snitch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...charter service, increased from 150 to about 400, and ! the roster of passenger carriers grew by 97 (to 157). The FAA offers another explanation for the rising number of near midairs: its reporting system has improved. In 1983 the FAA began installing what controllers and pilots call a "snitch" alarm system. Aircraft now move across a controller's green radar screen as a blip of light in the middle of a round white "halo" or "doughnut," representing an area that has a diameter of five miles. The aim of the controllers is to "keep green" between the doughnuts. Whenever...
...automatic snitch may make it appear that the skies are growing more dangerous because more reports are being filed. In the past, say some pilots, regional offices of the FAA often failed to pass near-miss reports along to Washington because they wanted to tell their bosses only what headquarters wanted to hear: that the system is safe...
...Cleveland, slapped racketeering charges on Jackie Presser, the big (350-lbs.) but hard-to-hit president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Whammy No. 2, from a grand jury in Washington, charged an FBI agent with lying to protect Presser, who is said to have been a federal snitch since...
...doubt some undergraduates will respond that they'll be flattered if the University requires them to sign a statement promising not to cheat and obliging them to snitch on their classmates for breaking the rules. These students will proudly trumpet the honor code as a reflection of the respect and trust Harvard feels for its students...
Students already have the choice, if they feel so compelled, to turn in cheaters. If they believe it is their moral obligation to do so, they can snitch without compunction...