BTS Reports 12th Consecutive Increase In Airline FTEs
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.6 percent more
workers in November 2011 than they did in November 2010, the U.S.
Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS) reported today. This is the 12th consecutive increase in
full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled
passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year.
But 2012 Guidance On Pension Costs Surprises Analysts
Boeing released 2011 Q4 financials Wednesday, and the news was
mixed. Despite a long, deep recession, the company's order backlog
allowed fourth-quarter net income to rise to $1.4 billion, or $1.84
per share, on revenue of $19.6 billion. But the company also warned
that pensions costs higher than anticipated by analysts will create
a headwind for 2012.
Nationwide Robotics Competition Brings Together Young Aerospace
Engineers On Earth
Twenty seven teams of high school students from across the
United States competed in the Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge which
took place at MIT in Cambridge, MA and aboard the International
Space Station (ISS) this week. "Team Rocket" from River Hill High
School, Maryland, "Storming Robots" from Storming Robots LLC, of
New Jersey and "SPHEREZ of Influence" from Rockledge High School,
Florida posted the best cumulative score out of 9 multi team
'alliances' seeing their code tested in space by real
astronauts.
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