...Section A 1) This is a text where a person, who has been a frequent flier since he was 6 years old, tells us about how he always has been pleased with the airport and its security, at least until recently. He says that after 9/11 the airport security has entered another dimension - you have to open your laptop, take off your shoes, empty your pockets, loosen your belt and shed your jacket, and spread your arms and legs and prepare to be violated with that beeping wand pushed into awkward places. He says that just when you think all of this is enough, you have to think again, because you have to smile through the whole ordeal. Because if you do not, if you dare to complain, they really come down on you. He ends by saying that he feels sorry for 6-year-olds who fly today. 2) These three texts are all about airport security. In text 1 Shashi Tharoor comes with his opinion on how the airport security has gone too far in some areas. He says: “I do not mind strangers (even wearing latex gloves) sifting through my possessions. But must the most intimate items be held up to dubious inspection, accompanied by loud calls to supervisors?” and “Like that American businesswoman quizzed about her vibrator, colleagues looking and sniggering”. In text 2 Blake Morrison tells us: “Thousands of airport mechanics, caterers and ramp workers still have access to airplanes and runways without going through metal detectors or undergoing regular searches”, and he also says: “The easy access...
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... and then answer the questions that follow. (1) "It's going to be one of those days," Marek thought to himself as he looked up at the board labeled DEPARTURES. His flight was delayed. He thought back to how the day had begun. When he woke up, the sun had been shining brightly and robins that had built a nest outside his window were chirping loudly. He'd jumped out of bed, anxious to start the first day of his vacation. But he'd tripped over the clothes he'd carelessly dropped on the floor the night before and banged his knee on the closet door. (2) Now he sat at the airport thinking, "I guess I should have known this morning! Maybe it was an omen." He wasn't exactly sure what an omen...
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...On September 11th, 2001, nineteen ruthless al-Qaeda terrorists bypassed airport security and hijacked two airplanes that were headed from the east coast to California, but instead they were flown into the World Trade Center creating the day that citizens of the United States will never forget. Back in 1693, Philadelphia had granted police the legal authority to halt and question any man of color caught wandering the streets. This type of act is called racial profiling, which refers to a practice where law enforcement personnel or people of legal authority to discriminately target those for crimes based on ethnicity, religion and race. Racial profiling should be accepted as law enforcement practice. Racial profiling is a necessary factor in contributing to the means of preventing terrorism. There is nothing wrong with using this method as a tool in catching those that threaten the lives of others. In the September 11th tragedy, nineteen group members from al-Qaeda bypassed airport security and crashed multiple planes into the World Trade Center...
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...owned to move across country to prove myself. We lived in Indiana for a short time till home sicken kicked in. At which point I placed everything in storage till a later date and loaded my car down and headed home. The traveling nightmare began a year and a half later. Our traveling nightmare begins on an early August morning at DFW International Airport at 4 am to board a plane headed to Indianapolis. My traveling companion is my sixteen year old cousin Becky. Becky was super excited to fly on an airplane and travel outside of Texas. Neither of us knew what the next few days would have in store for us. We board our plane and watch the sun come up as we take off, this my friends the most the enjoyable part of our traveling nightmare. The plane trip was uneventful. We landed in Chicago and played around in the airport for a few hours. We boarded our second plane, which was a crop duster and scared Becky. We land at Indianapolis International Airport safe and sound. We hail down a taxi to take us to pick up the U-Haul in Meridian Hills, IN. The taxi ride was fun for a few minutes, till I realized the taxi driver was going the wrong way! The taxi driver was more concerned about asking us question about President George W. Bush than where he was going. For some crazy reason he thought everyone from Texas is or was related to the President. We arrive at the U-Haul location, where the taxi driver over charged us by $75. I was just ready to be out of the taxi and headed home. The...
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...What if you are piloting a plane, full of passengers, and your plane’s engines lost almost all power, and you couldn’t land at an airport. Where you you land? Well Chesley Sullenberger successfully landed his plane on the Hudson River in the same situation. And I say that he is a hero just for that. Chesley Sullenberger, saved 155 people from a potential plane crash, his guided characteristics, and helped improve airline safety deserves him the status of a hero. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is a hero for multiple reasons. The first reason is that he avoided a potential plane crash. For example, he was able to save 155 lives from dying in a plane crash back in 2009 (www.tailstrike.com), and safely landed a plane into the Hudson River without any people dying (www.sulleysullenberger.com). Because of this, it is easy to say that he was very heroic when he was trying to save the plane....
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...The novel I just finished reading was titled 1984 by George Orwell. This story covers a modern controversy that the government is constantly watching us, from hidden cameras, to tapping in our phone lines, to spies. Though this is a fictional novel, it is very similar to today’s society. In the novel, we are introduced to Winston Smith, one who is against the Big Brother Party who is keeping Oceania under surveillance perpetually. Winston takes us through his expedition on a life of secrecy. The author of the book is George Orwell. The whole novel is written in third person context and in one continuous present storyline. His writing style is superb as he puts the reader in the shoes of Winston. Every emotion Smith feels, the reader feels as well. Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling party in London, in the nation of Oceania. The nation of Oceania is constantly being under watch along with many others by the Big Brother Party. The party keeps the society under watch so that no citizen could be rebellious. The Big Brother Party prohibits free thoughts, sex, expression of individuality and even thoughts of rebellion is a crime. Winston who dislikes the party’s rigid control purchases a diary to write all his rebellious thoughts. Throughout the novel, he meets Julia, his co-worker who he fell in love with. They go behind the party’s back and have a secret relationship. Te party soon discovers their rebellious acts and decides to punish then severely by introducing...
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...Good Intentions Gone Bad Ten Americans that are jailed in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti are pleading for the U.S. government to do more on their behalf and for the media to do less. These Americans who are affiliated with Baptist churches in Idaho went to aid Haitians after the Jan. 12 earthquake. They were arrested for trying to take 33 Haitian children to the neighboring Dominican Republic. The Americans claimed the children were orphaned but some of the children said they had parents. The Americans are charged with kidnapping and criminal association. The detainees worry that their arrest is taking focus from the quake disaster. American officials say they intend to let the Haitian justice system take its course and the Haiti prime minister is considering letting them be tried in the U.S. I feel that these fellow Americans had good intentions but took it to far. Just because the Haitian government is in crisis does not mean that the laws should be ignored. We have seen kids being allowed to come and get medical help in the U.S. legally. We’ve seen couples who were already in the adoption process being able to bring their children so it’s not like there were no other options. I feel that these Americans should be held accountable. I also feel that they knew what they were doing was wrong or they would have took them to an airport not try take them across the border to the neighboring Dominican...
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...September 11, 2001 was a day that will forever be engrained into the fabric of not only the United States but also the whole world. Post 9/11 the question of stricter airport security became imperative to the world, we all wanted to stop this from ever happening again. As airports became stricter people started to question whether these new screening processes were protecting us or infringing on our privacy. According to Opposing View Points in Context, Security has not always been a priority for commercial aviation even though attacks on airplanes date as far back as 1933 that year a United Air lines plane exploded over Charleston, Indiana killing all seven passengers on board. No arrests have ever been made even after investigators came to...
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...You have ordered a drone online or from a store. New possibilities come up such as, flying around the house and having a bird’s eye view of the neighborhood. Might even want to test limits of how high you drone can fly. Plus you can even use drones to see closer look of wildlife animals. Well it sounds fun of all be most of these actions have serious consequences. So then a question appears out of thin air. Should there been more regulations surrounding drones and what activities you can’t pilot them? There have been several reports drones having close misses with aviation vehicles. For example in August, 16 the pilot of an Allegiant Air Flight filled with rows of passengers and approaching Old Angeles International Airport spotted a small drone just under the airliner's wing. The pilot specifically said,” It almost hit us.” And this isn’t the first time close misses with a drone have been reported. There was a drone came little too close for safety with a news helicopter. Then one more that actually crashed into Airbus A326. These next close situations were followed by the harming of...
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...in front of my computer, I glanced at a familiar face seemingly staring back at me. It’s a photo of my beloved pet dog, Chiqui, and memories of the past just came rushing to my mind. I remember a year ago, when my Mom and Dad came to visit me. I was so excited to finally see them since I moved from New York. On that day, before I pick up my parents from airport. I got a call from my close friend who takes care of our house and my little Chiqui in Cebu, Philippines. He’s hesitant to say on how he would say the news for me. The first line he told me, Apple it’s about Chiqui. When I felt from his voice that there is something wrong. He said to me, I’m sorry Chiqui is gone. I stop and my mind was blocked that I don’t know what to do. My mind sinks a lot of questions. My friend told me, Chiqui did not suffer. She died because of old age. I cried so much that I want to go back to my country and be with her. Until the time that I need to pick up my parents from the airport, when they saw me tears rolling down my cheeks, they taught it was tears of joy…. Then, I delivered the news, “Mom, Chiqui is gone just a while ago.” We both cried together. Our beloved pet and faithful companion passed away without us at her side.. It was so heartbreaking! It came as no surprise for me, however, because before we left a year ago from the time Chiqui left, she was already in and out of the animal hospital and every time her vet would tell Us that she wouldn’t make it...
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...Name: Diane Sneddon-Fry Student Number:00061383T Unit Module: PRN 101 Teacher: Tiffany Junee Essay: How is the changing technology environment impacting Public Relations? How is the changing technology environment impacting on Public Relations? Public Relations more than ever before is feeling a direct impact on this fast moving and ever evolving technology based world we live. Traditional forms of media are becoming obsolete, people are participating in more on-line discussions and organisations are much more accountable as more and more people have access to computers, phones and applications 24 hours, seven days a week. ‘In a world where e-mails are returned faster than phone calls and decisions may be made based on corporate websites, it is becoming increasingly important for businesses and business professionals to create and maintain and effective online presence.’ (Gale Cenage Learning, Madiha Bilal Kapadia, 30 November 2011) Recently Qantas was involved in a potential on-line disaster or was it a stroke of Public Relations genius that shifted the focus from the trade union discussions to a pair of first class pyjama’s? Qantas is Australia's largest airline and one of the oldest airlines in the world. Qantas was founded in Winton, on 16 November 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited by Paul McGuiness, Hudson Fysh, Fergus McMaster and Arthur Baird. Initially the airline operated air mail services subsidised by the Australian...
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...realised that the amount of the holiday had been changed and double the amount of the holiday would have come out of my account. With all of the errors I became very suspicious and made the decision to end the call and not to go ahead with booking. 3, The following day I received a phone call from another operative from teletext who apologised for the errors and informed me that the holiday was still available so I thought I would give them the benefit of the doubt and booked the holiday. 4, The whole party had to travel for 3 hours the night before the holiday as we could not get a local flight which meant we had to also book a hotel for the evening before the holiday. We arrived at the airport checked in and all was fine we were finally happy to be going on holiday. 5, On arrival at Las Palmas airport we were unsure where to get transport to the hotel as we were aware that we had no transfer booked. We...
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...altitude and that there was a decrease in ground speed before they lost the signal. People have started to rule out the possibility that a missile hit the airplane but they have started to think about the possibility of a bomb being on the plane they are starting to suggest that there was a catastrophic in flight event like there being a bomb on the plane or the tail of the plane. Some have said that there may have been engine failure or the engine exploding or there may have been a fire on the plane. They have said the black box has recorded and captured uncharacteristic sounds when the plane disappeared. The event apparently happened instantly and that is why the pilot was not able to respond to air control. People have put stuff outside the airport to remember all the people that have died on that plane crash like all the children. The plane did separate mid air and the tail of the plane was found 3 miles form the rest of the...
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...Analysis of the Denver International Airport baggage system Michael Schloh Dan Stearns, advisor Title Abstract Contents Introduction Reasons For Automation Functionality Of Original BAE Design Problems and Solutions System Complexity Comparative Functionality Opening Delays Financial Hardship Summary Glossary References THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTOMATED BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM by Michael Schloh Computer Science Department School of Engineering California Polytechnic State University 1996 Date Submitted: February 16, 1996 Advisor: Daniel Stearns ABSTRACT This document discusses events at the new Denver International Airport that resulted in opening delays of the airport. The scope is limited to the automated baggage handling system, which was the primary source of failure warranting the airport's several opening delays. Analysis of the failing system is comprehensive. Research is conducted using a variety of sources. The final report is published on the worldwide web. CONTENTS Introduction 1 Reasons For Automation 2 Functionality Of Original BAE Design 3 Problems and Solutions 6 System Complexity 12 Comparative Functionality 14 Opening Delays 15 Financial Hardship 17 Summary 19 Glossary 20 References 21 INTRODUCTION This research concerns the automated baggage handling system which was built by BAE Automated Systems, Incorporated of Carrollton, Texas for the Denver International Airport. The analysis of this system provides an important topic of study. From the baggage...
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...Julia enters the LAX airport to travel to Europe for the first time, after saving up for months to go. She has calculated that $1200 will be enough to cover the cost of a four week trip across three countries before returning back to university. After weighing Julia’s bag on the scale, the ticket agent informs Julia that $450 is owed for extra weight. What?! Julia has no other option, she took a train to get to the airport from Fresno, so there is no option to get another bag to split the weight. Julia pays it. 20 minutes in to her trip and the budget has been cut almost in half. Paying fees stink! Especially when you are a college student. One of the worst fees that we all have had to pay at one point in time, are airline fees. Between baggage...
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