[Rhodes22-list] Airlines slow down flights to save on fuel

[Brad Haslett]

Elle,

There's an old saying in aviation, "Billy Boeing didn't bend the wings back
for nuthin'." That said, everyone's feeling the pain at over 50 cents a
pound for JetA and even my employer is reminding us how much flying "at the
speed of heat" costs (something about square of the air, mass of the a*# -
physics is not my strong suit).  Here's a novel idea for the passenger
airlines I learned in grad school - if it costs 4 cents to produce your
product, charge a nickel.

Where do we find these people?

Brad

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:34 PM, elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_bi_ge/flying_slower
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> As my (pilot) Daddy always said," Fly low & slow and
> you won't miss a thing."
>
> elle
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> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
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