one six
thousand.
The Co-pilot is working on the planes altitude when his hands
slip off the controls. His eyes flutter, then:
CO-PILOT
Captain, I dont..cant..
He passes out. The Captain, HUGH STAMP, turns to verify that the
relief pilot is also unconscious at the controls.
He then removes his oxygen mask, sets the autopilot, inputting
numbers to slow the plane and descend. As the craft tit
Mr. Ebbers was not interested in business details, operations, and fundamentals, preferring only the deal.
When he got involved in operations, he was more like a small business person.
WorldCom didn’t have a good management team.
“WorldCom wasn’t operated at all, it was just on autopilot, using bubble gum an Band-Aids as solutions to its problems.”
The billing system for W
pilots rolled their planes as they returned to base, it would change the radio signal reflected back.
2. Watson-Watt. the British developed the first active identify friend or foe (IFF) system.
>>They put a transmitter on each British plane. When it received signals from radar stations on the ground, it began broadcasting a signal back that identified the aircraft as friendly. RFID works on t
pilots radioed from the
ground that they were all
alive. Their position was
fixed by the transponder
beacon onboard the chopper.
(points)
Here.
Schaefer studies the map. He looks up at Philips.
SCHAEFER
Thats over the border,
General.
PHILIPS
(dead serious)
Thats the problem. Apparently
they strayed off course.
(pause)
Were certain theyve been
captured by the guerrillas.
Schaefer looks up, puffin
pilots radioed from the
ground that they were all
alive. Their position was
fixed by the transponder
beacon onboard the chopper.
(points)
Here.
Schaefer studies the map. He looks up at Philips.
SCHAEFER
Thats over the border,
General.
PHILIPS
(dead serious)
Thats the problem. Apparently
they strayed off course.
(pause)
Were certain theyve been
captured by the guerrillas.
Schaefer looks up, puffin