BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Flight Risk
- an employee who may be planning to leave a company in the near future
Additional Resources
- Defendant determined to be a flight risk by U.S. District Court for
- In a case where the defendant was arrested for conspiring to import more than $1 million worth of marijuana into the United States, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York determined he was a flight risk and should be detained while he awaits his trial.
- Research articles 2005-03-28
- Hyper-X Flight Engine Ground Testing for X-43 Flight Risk Reduction
- This paper describes the subsystems that were subjected to flight-like conditions and presents supporting data. The results from this test help to reduce risk for the Mach 7 flights of the X-43. Airframe-integrated scramjet engine testing has been completed at Mach 7 flight conditions in the NASA Langley 8-Foot High...
- White papers 2001-02-12
- Flight Risk
- Birkner, Gabrielle The Jewish Week 02-25-2005 Continental passenger suing airline over alleged downgrading of security measures for Israel trip. An Upper West Side man who flew Continental Airlines from Newark to Tel Aviv last month is alleging that the carrier...
- Research articles 2005-02-25
- Flight test risk management: lessons learned from the edge of the envelope
- Flight testing. For the vast majority of the Air Force it conjures up images of high-risk flying by test pilots with personalities right out of the Wild West. The reality is that the risk of flight testing at the Air Force Flight Test Center AFFTC is carefully managed, and the...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- Your next airline flight: worth the risk?
- The spate of fatal airline accidents has intensified public awareness, sensitivity and even concern about the risks of flying.Last September, when USair Flight 427 suddenly rolled to the left at 6,000 feet and plunged full-speed to the earth outside Pittsburgh, the 132 souls aboard had no time to assess airline...
- Research articles 1995-04-01
- U.S. seeks to revoke Madoff bail
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors asked a judge to revoke the bail terms for alleged swindler Bernard Madoff and detain him on Monday, claiming he was a flight risk. But the U.S. magistrate judge withheld his decision and requested both sides to present additional written materials this week. Madoff,...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Airline in cover fight over post-9/11 claim; War risk insurers seek arbitration.(News)
- Byline: DOUGLAS McLEOD DALLAS-American Airlines Inc. and its war risk insurers are suing each other over the airline's claim for the costs of grounding its planes and reorganizing flight schedules and crews in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terro Byline: DOUGLAS...
- Research articles 2003-03-31
- July shuttle flight set — despite debris risk
- WASHINGTON -- Although there is still a risk of dangerous foam debris, NASA officials cleared the space shuttle's external fuel tank on Wednesday for launching of Discovery in July, after a year on the ground. Shuttle program officials, meeting at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, said enough...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Understanding Normal and Atypical Operations Through Analysis of Flight Data
- Flight data analysis offers much promise toward the proactive management of safety risk by operators, but this will require more sophisticated and more automated analysis tools. APMS has developed several tools to advance these capabilities, including the ability to search for patterns and sequences of parameters and document the distribution...
- White papers 2004-02-04
- Breaking: Boeing targets 787 first flight by end of 2009, first delivery in 4Q 2010
- Boeing Announces New 787 Schedule and Third-Quarter Charge CHICAGO, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) today announced that the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner is expected by the end of 2009 and first delivery is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2010. The new...
- News items 2009-08-27
- Managing Risk: Rising Expectations And Accountability
- From the executive summary: ‘Today, the products and services banks offer are more complex, the costs of implementation are greater, and the consequences of missteps are higher. Serious consequences include financial losses, regulatory enforcement actions, lawsuits, customer flight, and bank failure. Complexity, cost, and consequences could be called the three...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- Flight Tests of Fuel Tank Safety System a Mixed Success
- There is nothing like a half-dozen operational flight tests to reveal system problems or shortcomings. Such is exactly the case with recent trials of a fuel tank inerting system that Federal Aviation Administration FAA officials have hailed as "closing the door" on the risk of fuel tank explosions. Flight...
- Research articles 2004-07-19
- US DOD: THAAD tenth flight test launch aborted.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-26 May 1999-US DOD: THAAD tenth flight test launch aborted C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:250599 The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Army scheduled Theater High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, flight test at the White Sands Missile Range,...
- Research articles 1999-05-26
- "I'm not worried about risk, I manage risk."
- Swiss aviator Yves Rossy after flying across the English Channel in a homemade jetpac: 22 miles: Length of Rossy's flight from Dover, England to Calais, France 186 mph: Rossy's top speed 9 minutes, 7 seconds: Time of the flight $190,000: Cost to build the jetpack ...
- Research articles 2008-11-01
- Judge to rule on Madoff bail or jail
- By Grant McCool NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge rules on Monday on whether or not to send accused swindler Bernard Madoff to jail while investigators probe a worldwide $50 billion investment fraud they said he confessed to last month. Prosecutors last week asked a judge to revoke Madoff's...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Communication by Consensus: Breaking the Risk Barriers
- Many individuals knew about critical risk elements regarding vulnerabilities in national and airport security, existing disaster response systems and the ability of airline staff to cope with emergency situations. The participants involved in the risk management of those events included immigration officials in the United States and elsewhere, law enforcement...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- Treasury Bonds: The Risks in Avoiding Risk
- We've heard that it's impossible to be too rich or too thin. What about too safe? It's been hard to imagine that lately, during the worst stock market in decades, but the multitude of investors seeking refuge in government bonds may be displaying an imprudent amount of prudence. ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- MIG prepares for flight
- Macquarie Group's listed satellite funds are separately working their way, slowly but methodically, towards independence – Macquarie Infrastructure Group being the latest to acknowledge it is exploring ways to restructure and cut its ties.Earlier in the year MIG laid the groundwork for a re-working of the Macquarie model of leveraged...
- News items 2009-08-20
- Interoperable, Hi-Tech Products Give Larger Participants the Upper Hand in Flight Simulator Markets
- PALO ALTO, Calif. -- With flight simulator manufacturers increasingly working with specific aircraft manufacturers and operating system and component providers, they run the risk of over-specialization, and consequently, of being alienated from the larger market. Interoperability, adaptability, and diversity hold the key to success in this industry. "An optimal...
- Research articles 2004-07-26
- Discovery crew expects busy flight
- CAPE CANAVERAL -- As much trouble as NASA has had in launching space shuttle Discovery, another difficult feat lies ahead: its 12-day mission. Discovery's delayed liftoff, scheduled for Tuesday, will inaugurate an action-packed flight. Even the Discovery astronauts, people accustomed to strenuous effort and risk, seem a bit daunted...
- Research articles 2005-07-25
