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Crazy Airline Gobbledegook Nonsense

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

The airline business is like nothing on earth, and airline people are some of the most common interactions we consultants have. Aircraft - This is one of the most common words to escape from the lips of airline people. But no one outside the airline industry says aircraft. Airline personnel have mastered passive voice!

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How One Airline Is Using AR to Improve Operations

Harvard Business

Lessons in enterprise AR’s potential from China Southern Airlines.

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5 reasons to choose strategy consulting over financial advisory consulting

Management Consulted

First, a 101 on strategy consulting for you newbies to the site – having an insider view into the strategy and operations of a company requires that you quickly become an expert on day-to-day activities in light of the overall company vision. 2) Strategy consulting offers the opportunity to work for a global corporation’s CEO.

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Consultant Ninja: Whither art thou Marakon: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Can anyone from Marakon weigh in and explain whats happening inside its "operating subsidiaries"? The Chapter 11 proceeding does not include the Companys operating subsidiaries, including its consulting subsidiary, and their operations will not be affected. Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Whither art thou Marakon. at 5:23 PM.

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Venezuela Strengthens Currency Controls in Impossible Mission to Stop Capital Flight; Airlines Collapse; End of the Line

MishTalk

In an effort to get money out of Venezuela, airline ticket sales had been booked solid for months. One airline cancelled all flights. Venezuelan bonds plunged to the lowest in more than two years after the government announced the latest partial devaluation of the bolivar, this time for airlines and foreign direct investment.

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Improving Airlines’ On-Time Performance

BCG

In the airline business, one late aircraft early in the morning can lead to more than 70 delayed planes later in the day. Shaving one minute off the time each aircraft is on the ground between flights can save $5 million to $10 million a year in freed aircraft time and hidden costs across the operation. Take on-time performance (OTP).

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French Airline Pilots Call Month Long Strike in May to Protest Law Prohibiting Pilot Strikes

MishTalk

The French airline union, SNPL, has called for a month-long strike beginning in May. It''s main objective is to repeal the Diard Law which limits the right of airline pilots to strike. Via translation from Les Echos : An unprecedented month-long strike is the motto launched today by SNPL, the main union of French airline pilots.