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...number of accidents we've had this year," Pena said after visiting the crash site near Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The rule changes -- which follow last month's warning by the International Airline Passengers Association urging fliers to avoid all flights on planes with under 31 seats -- tighten safety inspections, reduce the number of hours pilots can fly and require dispatchers to help crews check weather, routes and plane weight and balance. (Small-plane pilots often do all this themselves.) At yesterday's crash site, crews hacked through dense forest to remove burned bodies from the wreckage...
...stop a speeding train. I guess people just don't understand we're six out of 435. You've got to have power and seniority to get anywhere." Schroeder, an ardent opponent of term limits, won re-election three weeks ago even as her state voted to tighten its 1990 federal strictures and also extend limits to all locally elected officials...
...that? Observers in Hong Kong say there are a couple of possible ! unpleasant scenarios. In scenario No. 1, Chinese authorities, who have already tightened credit in a somewhat futile attempt to halt runaway inflation, will tighten it further. This would lead to economic collapse, riots and widespread bankruptcy and would be bad for stocks. In scenario No. 2, the authorities will ease up on credit and resume the merry printing of Chinese renminbi, leading to hyperinflation, which would also be bad for stocks...
...plague of deadly crashes spurs FAA to tighten safety rules
...urged its members to avoid commuter aircraft with fewer than 31 seats -- planes the IAPA said have a "significantly higher" accident rate than larger craft. The smaller commuter planes do not have to meet some standards that apply to larger aircraft; the NTSB recommends that the Federal Aviation Administration tighten commuter pilots' training standards, cut the amount of time they can spend in the air and increase safety inspections.Post your opinion on theScience & Technologybulletin board...