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Submission + - Pilot errors down despite looming troubles (networkworld.com)

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coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "Perhaps it is better onboard technology, or maybe it's better trained personnel but pilot error is much less of a factor in US airliner crashes now than it was in the early 1980s, a new study says. While the overall rate of airline mishaps remained stable, the proportion of mishaps involving pilot error decreased 40%. The report was issued before NASA yesterday released partial results of a massive air-safety survey of airline pilots who repeatedly complained about fatigue, problems with air-traffic controllers, airport security, and the layouts of runways and taxiways. The NASA database, which included more than 10,000 pages of information, was based on extensive telephone polling of airline and general aviation pilots about incidents ranging from engine failures and bird strikes to fires onboard planes and encounters with severe turbulence. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23428"
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Submission + - Happy 13/3/7-day

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kers writes: "I want to all slashdot users and contributors a happy 13/3/7-day! Enjoy it with that special computer or OS of yours. This is the only 13/3/7-day you will ever experience!"

Feed Boy Gets Schooled on Biodiesel (wired.com)

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A 12-year-old Portland, Oregon, boy named Forest is betting on biodiesel to stoke his college fund. He's modifying old Land Cruisers to run green and hoping to sell them. In Autopia.


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