Once the plane is safely on auto pilot for a long flight, one of the pilots is effectively redundant, being a backup to the backup to the autopilot that is the other pilot. Therefore he's basically occupying a seat in the cockpit with nothing to do. So getting him to do some work - as a steward - seems entirely appropriate. It's got NOTHING to do with employing or not employing someone for the cost, it's about recognising that the pilot is a largely a supernumerary. Better to get some value out of him than zero....
Given that there are two pilots, and nothing to do most of the time, using one of them as a hostess seems appropriate! The reality is that automation has minimised the work required on the flight deck; the question is what level of crew is necessary for safety in what proportion of cases. There is ALWAYS a difficult trade off between safety and costs to improve it; the question is: 'what level of crewing is actually necessary?'
The responsibility of the Chairman, not the development manager. But yes, he's tried very hard to avoid a hard landing; if I was him I'd be looking for a new job.
It's his responsibility to protect the company from idiots. Alternatively speak to the auditors, who also have a duty to report concerns. But on the whole you are probably screwed; whistle blowers tend to be shot on principle even if they have done the right thing - a new job is probably the best solution.
Given the current stories about how little pilots do on the flight deck, I think one can argue that they SHOULD be handing out food, especially on some of the longer haul flights:)
I suspect that he's desperate to live down his Doctor Who days, trying not to be stuck with the label. That's probably why he only did one series before passing the baton.
In the 17th century as the Divine Right of Kings declined in legitimacy, the race was on for an alternative reason to obey the government (other than that they would shoot you otherwise). Both Hobbes and Locke constructed the idea that there is an implicit contract between the citizens of a country and its rulers: you do your job and we will accept your ordering of society. A small but significant element of this was the right to leave if you didn't like what the government was doing. Interestingly the refusal of this right to the subjects of Marxist regimes marks them out as nastier than their predecessors (the Berlin Wall and the rest of the Iron Curtain was a largely successful attempt to keep East Germans at home). For Hobbes this was the ONLY right of the subject; Locke argued that the contract implied a right to participate in the government, which was seminal in the American revolution.
As clearly revealed in the anniversary edition of Doctor Who, the head of UNIT is now the daughter of original Brigadier. Clearly wiser heads have prevailed...
They are obviously only following the example of their boss Barak 'You will be able to keep you medical insurance policy period' Obama. Good to see they aren't showing their boss up now...
One of the students or their parents needs to submit a request for all the data held about the student by the college; data protection laws in the UK require ANY data holder to provide this in full for £10 ($17). This MUST include a full record of all that was recorded about them by this system. Once that has been obtained, we will know the reality, rather continue to speculate.
One can either laugh or cry at the desperate attempts of our technologically ignorant leaders to hold back the inevitable. There is a spin that suggests that Canute was trying to get his sycophantic courtiers to see sense by showing them that he could not stop the incoming tides; perhaps a similar lesson is needed here.
Once upon a time it was possible to raise your position in the charts by buying the record in the shops that reported sales, and there was a small industry dedicated to this... Good to see certain traditions haven't been killed by computers!
Or if the response of the public is sufficiently negative to this then Cameron may be forced out, so Murdoch gets a better leader for the next election...
At no point have the people or organisations outed by these allegations claimed his information is fabricated; in effect they've admitted its truth, so there's no libel involved. Given that Snowden DID have access to the data and turned it over promptly, the most likely hypothesis is that it's accurate, and certainly the sight of Obama in practice admitting that the NSA had intercepted Merkel's personal phone calls gives the rest of it credibility.
There is a debate to be had as to whether there has been damage to the appropriate data gathering abilities of the intelligence services; that's the argument that is being advanced by both Cameron and Alexander. However their credibility is rather shot given that they've been shown to have misled about it in the past. The Guardian has claimed that it's offered spooks the chance to comment on the material before publication, and that they have been careful to avoid the obviously damaging.
Overall it is clear that there has been an abuse of power and that this has been the only way that it has been exposed to the point where something has been done about it (the NSA has stopped intercepting Merkel's phone calls). Coincidence?
Whilst I would NEVER quote it in an academic essay, as a source of information on non-controversial topics, (e.g. dates in history, who wrote what, basic chemistry and physics issues, all you ever wanted to know about British Railway stations past and present...) it's excellent. The sources that it quotes are the next step in serious research, with the best articles quoting online primary resources. A core question is 'were encyclopedias ever that much better?' They all come with their own agenda and biases. It's not perfect, but it's a useful resource, as well as providing the occasional giggle.
At least in the context of the whole world. The fact that the process has broken down, especially in America, is as a result of previous exclusion of large parts of the world's population from economic growth. Now that the factors that were preventing their sharing in the benefits have been removed, we are seeing a RAPID reduction in rates of absolute poverty around the world. See http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2013/ending-extreme-poverty for the data. Which is not to claim that capitalism is perfect; the tendency for monopolistic behaviour is a major danger, but the potential for effective relief of poverty, is, according to world experience in the past 60 years, clearly in favour of capitalism.
Every plane trip you go on will offer you a life jacket. In the past 60 years, I'm confident that a life jacket hasn't saved a life, but it's cost a fortune in fuel over that time...
Though I suspect a one line summary would be 'Too early to say'. Politically speaking, it's those tech companies that have the clout to achieve real change at the NSA, and are probably the best hope for it. We shall see!
because after this it's clear that their tech companies will be automatically deleted from applying for contracts in most of the world. And that, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, is why the NSA will be reigned in, NOT because the courts or the politicians will do anything about it.
Given that the people who beat up civil rights workers in the 60s can be pursued for their offences of 'depriving of their civil rights', why can't these people? OK - stupid question in the real world...
Given that their behaviour is grossly inconsistent with their other political views, one is forced to the conclusion that the NSA has got some means of coercion to get them to propose this.
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Once the plane is safely on auto pilot for a long flight, one of the pilots is effectively redundant, being a backup to the backup to the autopilot that is the other pilot. Therefore he's basically occupying a seat in the cockpit with nothing to do. So getting him to do some work - as a steward - seems entirely appropriate. It's got NOTHING to do with employing or not employing someone for the cost, it's about recognising that the pilot is a largely a supernumerary. Better to get some value out of him than zero....
Given that there are two pilots, and nothing to do most of the time, using one of them as a hostess seems appropriate! The reality is that automation has minimised the work required on the flight deck; the question is what level of crew is necessary for safety in what proportion of cases. There is ALWAYS a difficult trade off between safety and costs to improve it; the question is: 'what level of crewing is actually necessary?'
The responsibility of the Chairman, not the development manager. But yes, he's tried very hard to avoid a hard landing; if I was him I'd be looking for a new job.
It's his responsibility to protect the company from idiots. Alternatively speak to the auditors, who also have a duty to report concerns. But on the whole you are probably screwed; whistle blowers tend to be shot on principle even if they have done the right thing - a new job is probably the best solution.
Given the current stories about how little pilots do on the flight deck, I think one can argue that they SHOULD be handing out food, especially on some of the longer haul flights :)
whoops...
I suspect that he's desperate to live down his Doctor Who days, trying not to be stuck with the label. That's probably why he only did one series before passing the baton.
In the 17th century as the Divine Right of Kings declined in legitimacy, the race was on for an alternative reason to obey the government (other than that they would shoot you otherwise). Both Hobbes and Locke constructed the idea that there is an implicit contract between the citizens of a country and its rulers: you do your job and we will accept your ordering of society. A small but significant element of this was the right to leave if you didn't like what the government was doing. Interestingly the refusal of this right to the subjects of Marxist regimes marks them out as nastier than their predecessors (the Berlin Wall and the rest of the Iron Curtain was a largely successful attempt to keep East Germans at home). For Hobbes this was the ONLY right of the subject; Locke argued that the contract implied a right to participate in the government, which was seminal in the American revolution.
As clearly revealed in the anniversary edition of Doctor Who, the head of UNIT is now the daughter of original Brigadier. Clearly wiser heads have prevailed...
They are obviously only following the example of their boss Barak 'You will be able to keep you medical insurance policy period' Obama. Good to see they aren't showing their boss up now...
One of the students or their parents needs to submit a request for all the data held about the student by the college; data protection laws in the UK require ANY data holder to provide this in full for £10 ($17). This MUST include a full record of all that was recorded about them by this system. Once that has been obtained, we will know the reality, rather continue to speculate.
I've a nasty suspicion you are all too right!
One can either laugh or cry at the desperate attempts of our technologically ignorant leaders to hold back the inevitable. There is a spin that suggests that Canute was trying to get his sycophantic courtiers to see sense by showing them that he could not stop the incoming tides; perhaps a similar lesson is needed here.
Or am I being too cynical in suggesting that they might just want to indulge in a little FUD wrt plastic guns...
Once upon a time it was possible to raise your position in the charts by buying the record in the shops that reported sales, and there was a small industry dedicated to this... Good to see certain traditions haven't been killed by computers!
Says our equivalent of the ACLU http://www.yourrights.org.uk/yourrights/right-of-free-expression/defamation/defences-to-a-claim-of-defamation.html
Or if the response of the public is sufficiently negative to this then Cameron may be forced out, so Murdoch gets a better leader for the next election...
At no point have the people or organisations outed by these allegations claimed his information is fabricated; in effect they've admitted its truth, so there's no libel involved. Given that Snowden DID have access to the data and turned it over promptly, the most likely hypothesis is that it's accurate, and certainly the sight of Obama in practice admitting that the NSA had intercepted Merkel's personal phone calls gives the rest of it credibility. There is a debate to be had as to whether there has been damage to the appropriate data gathering abilities of the intelligence services; that's the argument that is being advanced by both Cameron and Alexander. However their credibility is rather shot given that they've been shown to have misled about it in the past. The Guardian has claimed that it's offered spooks the chance to comment on the material before publication, and that they have been careful to avoid the obviously damaging. Overall it is clear that there has been an abuse of power and that this has been the only way that it has been exposed to the point where something has been done about it (the NSA has stopped intercepting Merkel's phone calls). Coincidence?
Whilst I would NEVER quote it in an academic essay, as a source of information on non-controversial topics, (e.g. dates in history, who wrote what, basic chemistry and physics issues, all you ever wanted to know about British Railway stations past and present...) it's excellent. The sources that it quotes are the next step in serious research, with the best articles quoting online primary resources. A core question is 'were encyclopedias ever that much better?' They all come with their own agenda and biases. It's not perfect, but it's a useful resource, as well as providing the occasional giggle.
At least in the context of the whole world. The fact that the process has broken down, especially in America, is as a result of previous exclusion of large parts of the world's population from economic growth. Now that the factors that were preventing their sharing in the benefits have been removed, we are seeing a RAPID reduction in rates of absolute poverty around the world. See http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2013/ending-extreme-poverty for the data. Which is not to claim that capitalism is perfect; the tendency for monopolistic behaviour is a major danger, but the potential for effective relief of poverty, is, according to world experience in the past 60 years, clearly in favour of capitalism.
Every plane trip you go on will offer you a life jacket. In the past 60 years, I'm confident that a life jacket hasn't saved a life, but it's cost a fortune in fuel over that time...
Though I suspect a one line summary would be 'Too early to say'. Politically speaking, it's those tech companies that have the clout to achieve real change at the NSA, and are probably the best hope for it. We shall see!
because after this it's clear that their tech companies will be automatically deleted from applying for contracts in most of the world. And that, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, is why the NSA will be reigned in, NOT because the courts or the politicians will do anything about it.
Given that the people who beat up civil rights workers in the 60s can be pursued for their offences of 'depriving of their civil rights', why can't these people? OK - stupid question in the real world...
Given that their behaviour is grossly inconsistent with their other political views, one is forced to the conclusion that the NSA has got some means of coercion to get them to propose this.