Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Flying

Read this morning (WSJ, 7/6/12) about the 2009 Air France Flight 447 disaster (Rio De Janeiro - Paris) that killed all on board, 228 passengers! A major reason was the young inexperienced co-pilot (32 years old!) was at the helm while the captain took a break during crossing of an area renowned for major, high-altitude storms. There is a GOOD reason I feel assured and comforting when I see white-haired pilots board the flights I'm about to take, probably also the main reason Captain Sully was able to save and land the US Airways aircraft (Flight 1549) in the Hudson River in the same year, 2009. Captain Sully is a former fighter pilot who had been an airline pilot since leaving the US Air Force in 1980. Read more re: Air France Flight 447 - "Air France Flight 447 Crash 'Didn't Have to Happen,' Expert Says" http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/air-france-flight-447-crash-didnt-happen-expert/story?id=16717404

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Reminder from Nora Ephron, "You do get to a certain point in life where you have to realistically, I think, understand that the days are getting shorter, and you can't put things off thinking you'll get to them someday," she wrote in "I Remember Nothing," published in late 2010. "If you really want to do them, you better do them. There are simply too many people getting sick, and sooner or later you will. So I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it."
A friend forwarded me this article from the NYTimes today, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/us/romney-merged-law-and-business-at-harvard.html?_r=1&ref=us about how Romney was able to successfully double major at Harvard AND graduate with honors in two of the toughest fields: Law (to please his Dad) AND Business (to please his own interest) - a rarity, even in Harvard history! I'm glad and pleasantly surprised the NY Times ran the article – for once, they were fair to Romney. Too bad currently the country is so turned off by ‘evil businesses’ they won’t even read or look at Romney’s qualifications and leadership potential! To many he equates 'evil' Bain Financial as though it were a crime to be successful in business! I had to remind many that the filthy-rich Kennedys NEVER earned their own wealth (all inherited) plus the grandfather, Joseph Kennedy, made his fortune from moonshine  - WHAT IS THE PRIDE in that?! Something to think about in this election year …