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Flying through volcanic ash is extremely dangerous. Michael O'Leary knows about as much about aviation safety as I know about brain surgery, so what he says is irrelevant. I don't fly on bargain-basement airlines for safety reasons, so if he wants to risk the lives of his employees and...

Parody and satire are not illegal, so you have nothing to fear (in the U.S. or from the FBI). Australia has tighter restrictions on freedom of speech, but I'm not familiar with the law there, so I cannot comment on that.

You need to either be in the directory that contains the executable, or type the full path of the executable. If the executable is in one of the directories in your search path, you can just type the name. You can use the cd <path> command to change directories, and the dir command to see...

Airliners have lifetimes expressed in hours of flight and cycles (one takeoff and one landing counts as a single cycle). Maintenance is conducted in increasingly involved sessions over increasingly long intervals. Minor checks are performed frequently and require only a short time; major checks...

Airliners have lifetimes expressed in hours of flight and cycles (one takeoff and one landing counts as a single cycle). Maintenance is conducted in increasingly involved sessions over increasingly long intervals. Minor checks are performed frequently and require only a short time; major checks...

Yes, it's absolutely possible. You don't need to go through the military to become a commercial pilot. Airlines will hire you based on your certifications and your flying experience. The flying experience can be either military or civilian.

Generally speaking, for patients, the flu is the flu, and the exact type of flu virus doesn't matter. Swine flu produces the same symptoms as any other strain of flu. Stay in bed, follow your doctor's recommendations, and rest until you feel better.

Generally speaking, for patients, the flu is the flu, and the exact type of flu virus doesn't matter. Swine flu produces the same symptoms as any other strain of flu. Stay in bed, follow your doctor's recommendations, and rest until you feel better.