Airline Plan Suggests No Pilot Privacy
Pilots would lose privacy protection for health records and airlines would need insurance when the employees lose their license under a proposal from the French air-safety agency that investigated the deliberate crash of a Germanwings passenger jet into a mountainside. Authorities should re-examine how pilot health is monitored and assessed, and consider forcing medical practitioners to share any concerns with airlines in instances...
Wheels: All the ‘Ford Tough’ Without the Weight
It is a gamble, but one that might be worth the risk. In the future, it could say more about the future of Ford Motor Co. than it says about any particular Ford product. Indeed, there is something to be said about a company willing to take big chances when everything seems to be going right. And Ford is risking something big here with its aluminum-alloy-bodied 2015 F-150 pickup truck. The F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle in the...
How London Man May Have Helped Trigger ‘Flash Crash’
New York — He operated from a modest suburban London home he shared with his parents, far from the city’s glamorous financial center. He used off-the-shelf software anyone can buy. Yet, if U.S. authorities are correct, Navinder Singh Sarao, 36, managed to send a jolt of fear through the world’s markets by helping to set off the 2010 “flash crash,” in which the Dow Jones average plunged 600 points in less than seven minutes. Just how...
