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Airlines Like United Can Underpay Bumped Passengers Because of a Government Rule

Harvard Business

By now, many of us have viewed the disturbing video of a bloodied man being dragged off of United Airlines flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville on Sunday. This incident has thrust the common airline practice of overbooking into the spotlight. But a government regulation — an obscure U.S.

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Video of MH17 Hit by Missile; Update From Jacob Dreizin; Black Box Thoughts

MishTalk

Reader David sent an email and accompanying video that purportedly shows the Malaysian Flight 17 being hit by missile. Question: How did this video operator know to have his camera running just prior to the missile explosion? How can information like that move so quickly through the government and out to the press? David Writes.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

This includes not only commercial airlines, but also cargo planes and military aircraft. Most commercial airlines contain two engines, while cargo planes and some military craft generally require four or more (common engines for these large-scale aerospace vehicles include PW JT9D-7R4G2 engines, GE CF6-80C2B1, or RR RB211-524D4 engines ).

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The Trend Is Your “Friend”

CaseInterview.com

I received a message just now from someone who works in the airline and cruise ship industries. Given that mindset, what do you do if you run an airline or a cruise ship business? I have no idea if any of this is true, but you’d better believe that if I ran an airline, I would be looking into it. They’re adapting to the trend.

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Staying Safe Is the Motto of the Day, Week, Month

Martinka Consulting

The headlines tell us the airline industry, cruise industry, and therefore related businesses like hotels and suppliers are having problems. A good friend owns a video production company. All over the media is the recommendation from government to have employees work from home, if they can.

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Holier than Thou: Why Should Anyone Believe the US, Ukraine, or Russia? What is the US Attempting to Hide?

MishTalk

Challenge From Russia Please consider Russia Challenges Accusations that Ukraine Rebels Shot Down Airliner. Russia''s Defence Ministry on Monday challenged accusations pro-Russian rebels were to blame for shooting down a Malaysian airliner and asked the United States to produce satellite images to support its assertions.

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Panic Flip-Flop Moves by India Central Bank Fail to Halt Currency Plunge

MishTalk

See Mish Video: Troubled Currencies (And There are Lots of Them), Gold, Bernanke, Carry Trades, Bubbles. Amusingly, those capital controls are supposedly not capital controls according to government officials. The Rupee is down 5% in a week, 46% in just over two years. Carry Trade Unwinds. Panic Flip-Flop Moves by India Central Bank.

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