Opens Research Opportunities For Teachers, Students
Researchers, teachers and students will have access to
weightless and variable-gravity conditions under a new agreement
between Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Zero Gravity
(Zero-G) Corp.
A maneuver performed by the pilot to align the aircraft with the
landing runway, when conditions prevent a straight in landing from
an instrument approach.
"Our pilots are the best-compensated group in the
industry, and we don't want to take anything away from them. But
unfortunately we don't have a blank check we can just fill
out."
Source: Joe Harris, lead negotiator for
contract talks between pilots for Southwest Airlines and management
for the Dallas-based low-cost carrier.
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