Travel Safety Update.Oct 30, 2006 Laptop policies concern some business travelers. Some business travelers worry that customs officials will seize and scrutinize scru·ti·nize tr.v. scru·ti·nized, scru·ti·niz·ing, scru·ti·niz·es To examine or observe with great care; inspect critically. scru their laptop computers at immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. checkpoints. The Association of Corporate Travel Executives | The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) is a not-for-profit professional association of business travel stakeholders throughout the world. The ACTE purpose is to advance the interests of the business travel industry, to promote industry networking is asking the government for better guidelines on laptops so corporations can re-evaluate their policies on traveling with proprietary information. Oct 24, 2006 Autopilot, flight controls land plane in remote airport. A new automated navigation system A GPS-based electronic system in a car or truck that provides a real time map of the vehicle's current location as well as step-by-step directions to a programmed destination. See GPS and vehicle tracking. was recently used to guide the first commercial flight into Linzhi, Tibet. Service into the 9,700-foot-elevation airport would not be possible without the autopilot system, which pinpoints the location of a jet within yards using global-positioning satellites and on-board instruments. It could eventually be used to increase traffic flow at U.S. airports, experts say. Oct 23, 2006 JetBlue Airways For the Jet Blue database used in Exchange Server and Active Directory, see Extensible Storage Engine. JetBlue Airways is a major American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). FAA issues no fines for JetBlue fatigue tests. The FAA has issued a letter of correction to JetBlue Airways for allowing pilots to fly more hours than regulations state for testing purposes. The airline was studying pilot fatigue, and a third pilot was always aboard in case of problems. JetBlue received permission from the local FAA but says it was unaware it needed approval from FAA in Washington. Oct 24, 2006 JetBlue Airways JetBlue tests pilot fatigue limits Fatigue limit is a property of ferrous alloys and titanium alloys[1]. It is the constant amplitude (or range) of cyclic stress that can be applied to a material without causing fatigue failure. . Last year, some JetBlue crews worked up to 11-hour days as part of a project to test pilot fatigue. Consultants for the airline worked with lower-level FAA officials, but not with FAA headquarters. A JetBlue spokeswoman says the carrier never intended to mislead anyone and noted that there were no in-flight emergencies during the tests. Oct 23, 2006 S7 Airlines, Airbus S7 Airlines now is operating its Moscow Domodedovo-Irkutsk service with a 128-seat A319. It has leased six of the type this year. It suffered a fatal crash in July when a A310-300 operating the route slid off a wet runway at Irkutsk and crashed into buildings. Oct 23, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Oct 23, 2006 |
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