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...government intervention is no substitute for hard-core cost management, as many of the young airlines seem already to have learned. Houston's UltrAir leases everything from flight crews, custodians and ticket agents to gates, office space and six 727-model aircraft. Says UltrAir chairman Barney Kogen: "We want to own absolutely nothing...
...have been trying to settle their differences with the U.S. since Bill Clinton was inaugurated. "Some of us thought Clinton would concentrate on domestic policy and ease the pressure on us," says a high-ranking Iraqi official. But Saddam's charm offensive, which included a pledge not to challenge aircraft over no-fly zones in southern and northern Iraq, found no favor in Washington. "The Iraqis were hoping that sooner or later, if they did not provoke Washington, the U.S. and its Arab allies would realize they need a strong Iraq to counterbalance Iran," says a diplomat in Baghdad...
...commitment to duty and family. In World War II, daughter Daisy became a nurse, landing with General Patton's army in North Africa and marching on Italy. Another, Janet's Aunt Winnie, joined the Women's Air Force Service Pilots, an elite corps of civilian flyers who tested combat aircraft, towed targets for ground artillery practice and trained male pilots...
...take them quietly anymore. That accounts for the fuss the U.S. made last month over French efforts to steal American technical and commercial secrets. The CIA issued an official warning that companies attending the Paris Air Show would be exposing their trade secrets to scrutiny by French agents. Hughes Aircraft stayed home, and Pratt & Whitney decided not to display what it had hoped would be its technological showpiece, a new tilting jet-engine nozzle...
...Does it make sense," demanded Virginia Congressman Owen Pickett, "to close the only naval shipyard in a region that is the home port to 149 Navy ships, including five aircraft carriers?" In spite of the force of the argument, one member of the presidential commission said later, "If Norfolk or Portsmouth thinks we're not serious, they are kidding themselves." Courter, the commission chairman, told a press conference in Norfolk, "We're not here to terrorize the communities," but he added, "This is a very serious exercise...