The Flick -- A term used by air traffic controllers to describe a mental model representing the current and future positions of air traffic in a section of airspace. Controllers visualize the paths of multiple aircraft in terms of position, altitude, trajectory and speed. Controllers also refer to this as "having the picture." But the picture moves -- like a movie -- hence the term “the flick.”
Thursday, December 16, 2010
How Can You Not?
How can you not read something like this when you know what deregulation has done to the airline industry?
Orwell and the Financial Crisis
”Barry Ritholtz catches AEI purging mention of deregulation from Peter Wallison’s bio. Wallison is co-director of AEI’s financial deregulation project;...”
Jimmy Buffet needs to write a new song and add think tankers to the list -- along with lawyers, thieves and bankers.
Don Brown
December 16, 2010
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