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Joe Biden’s Next Job: Air Traffic Controller

April 15th, 2011 · No Comments

Ever wonder what Vice President Joe Biden will due upon leaving office, hopefully after the election in 2012?  I have a suspicion he would make a good FAA air traffic controller — you know, one of those guys who sleeps on the job. If you enjoy this blog and want to keep reading stories like [...]

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Will Medical Tourism Industry Realize Benefits From Passage of Government-Run Health Care Bill?

November 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

Recently, a friend shared a prediction that prompted me to wonder whether or not the medical tourism industry will experience a boom if government-run health care becomes a reality in the United States. In case you’re not familiar with the concept of medical tourism, it typically involves people from one country traveling to an exotic [...]

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Hump Day Humor: Palm Pilots by David Donar

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Almost daily, it seems a new explanation surfaces as a possible explanation for the behavior of two Northwest Airlines pilots whose aircraft overshot the runway at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport by 100 miles before turning around and landing safely.  Were they sleeping, arguing or preoccupied with surfing the internet on their laptops? NWA already [...]

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FAA System Failure Affecting Flights Nationwide

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Fox News Channel is reporting that flights across the country are being affected by the failure of a computer communications system located at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.  That system, according to Fox, handles FAA flight planning for aircraft based, primarily, on the East Coast. The FAA web site’s status information map (above) indicates general airport conditions [...]

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