Flight Attendants Call for Strong New Airline Safety & Security Reforms
Feb 25, 2002, 3:17 pm
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FAA buried lapses Checkpoint flaws
The government's Office of Special Counsel, which handles whistleblower complaints, has ordered the Transportation Department to investigate the allegations of Bogdan Dzakovic, an FAA special agent for the past 14 years. By law, the order means the special counsel believes ''there is a substantial likelihood'' that Dzakovic's complaint shows an ''abuse of authority'' or a ''substantial and specific danger to public safety.''
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/2...5/3890335s.htm
The government's Office of Special Counsel, which handles whistleblower complaints, has ordered the Transportation Department to investigate the allegations of Bogdan Dzakovic, an FAA special agent for the past 14 years. By law, the order means the special counsel believes ''there is a substantial likelihood'' that Dzakovic's complaint shows an ''abuse of authority'' or a ''substantial and specific danger to public safety.''
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/2...5/3890335s.htm
Feb 25, 2002, 3:35 pm
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do these links expire? would it be better from a historical record point of view to cut and paste the article into the post? then when the news goes "cold" and they lose the link, we can still read about it.
of course this increases the load on the delicate FT server, but its just text...
of course this increases the load on the delicate FT server, but its just text...
Feb 25, 2002, 4:20 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by homey:
[B]would it be better from a historical record point of view to cut and paste the article into the post? B]</font>
[B]would it be better from a historical record point of view to cut and paste the article into the post? B]</font>
Copyright law has some gray areas ("fair use" for example), but posting -- i.e. publishing -- the full text of an articleauthored by someone else is pretty clearly a violation. A link is OK. An appropriate snippet of text (like the bit I copied from your post) is generally OK.
It's frustrating to click a dead link when the story looks good, but that's pretty much how it has to be.
Feb 25, 2002, 5:28 pm
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Here are a few threads related to this particular issue that will perhaps clarify the copyright matter and the "sensitivities" involved:
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/001058.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/002345.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/001517.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum20/HTML/004249.html
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...But many pilots, flight attendants and airline-operations personnel from carriers across the country tell Time they have never had a FAM on any of their flights. A Transportation Security Administration spokesman says virtually all information about the FAM program, including the budget, is classified and can't be discussed. But the agency has opened a second air-marshal training center. "FAMs will be a significant presence on flights," the spokesman said. He just didn't say when.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...212607,00.html
[This message has been edited by doc (edited 02-26-2002).]
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/001058.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/002345.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ft...ML/001517.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum20/HTML/004249.html
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...But many pilots, flight attendants and airline-operations personnel from carriers across the country tell Time they have never had a FAM on any of their flights. A Transportation Security Administration spokesman says virtually all information about the FAM program, including the budget, is classified and can't be discussed. But the agency has opened a second air-marshal training center. "FAMs will be a significant presence on flights," the spokesman said. He just didn't say when.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...212607,00.html
[This message has been edited by doc (edited 02-26-2002).]