Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 22:04 Capt Chesley Sullenberger offers additional insights on the skill sets that are required to prepare oneself to handle aviation emergencies. Additionally, he addresses the economic realities of a declining economy and the future of airline safety and the level of expertise of its pilots.
Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 21:01 There are hundreds of regulatory loopholes that allow makers of thousands of supplements to make outrageous claims and empty the wallets of the gullible. Here are some guidelines as well as some resources you can use to educate yourself, stay healthier and a bit richer:
Check with your health care provider: Don’t ever assume that supplements are always benign under all circumstances. Supplements can interfere with medications, but also interact causing harm. This is true of both prescription and over-the-counter medications. Also, supplements can have very different effects depending on the age of the user
Monday, June 15, 2009 at 22:04 Being the wife of an airline captain for the largest airline in the world, this was pretty much a no brainer for those inside the industry. We’ve been saying it for years - since deregulation, in fact - that the FAA was not doing its job and was acting merely a hand maiden to corporate interests as they flew fast and easy throught the skies.
Safety was one thing when it was about the ‘legacy’ carriers who, in years past, carried the vast bulk of airline passengers. However, it was quite another thing after 1978, when the ‘commuter’ airlines began carrying more and more of the passengers on domestic routes within the United States.
But government regulation is a bad thing…isn’t it?
Watch this and decide for yourself … and this pretty much nails it. As airline people, we didn’t spot any factual errors in this report.
