Pilots of modern airliners rely heavily on electronics for navigation, but there are times when paper charts still come in useful. American Airlines was forced to ground dozens of its jets when an app ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-30
... -commerce pilot cities, including Shanghai and Guangzhou. In the Guangzhou Bonded Area, for example, foreign goods are imported by batches, stored temporarily and then delivered to individual consumer ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-29
... which the pilot program for second-generation descendants born overseas is being fast-tracked. The program allows qualified applicants to obtain immigration approval within two to four weeks. Law said ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-29
... e Hengqin Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ), one of three in Guangdong, together with Nansha and Qianhai/Shekou. They signed an agreement designed to bring the two sides closer – another step in the integra ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
... Kong. The pilot free-trade zone has "great advantage of location", given its geographical proximity to Hong Kong, Guangdong's governor Zhu Xiaodan was quoted as saying in a speech at the launch ceremo ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
... s such as pilot training and bomb disposal, architectural modeling for the construction industries, and playing extreme sports. The scientific and educational values of these gadgets are not to be und ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
A Cathay Pacific pilot is free on bail after being arrested in London's Heathrow airport shortly before a flight to Hong Kong when knives were found in his possession. Police said they were called to ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... many, the Pilot Training and Support Scheme of Vocational Training Council (VTC) provides some reason for optimism. Still, there are several issues worth noting: First, as in Germany, the business sec ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-17
... aunched a pilot program for cross-border e-commerce trading. It is worth noting that cross-border e-commerce is not for everyone. Until now, there are only a few e-commerce players in the free trade ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
Microsoft Corp. says it wants to hire more people with autism for full-time positions. The tech giant will start by offering 10 places on a pilot scheme at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington, BBC ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-09
Lufthansa officials knew about the severe depression of the German pilot who crashed a Germanwings plane in the French Alps last week, killing 150 people. Andreas Lubitz told them about his condition ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
... ally for [pilot Bertrand Piccard] but also for the team preparing two flights in a row and then this afternoon canceling the second flight due to bad weather in Nanjing." The plane, which took 12 year ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
... chosen to pilot the new policy. Gu Yue, chairman and chief executive of China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd (CPIC, 02601.HK), said the market will be stable despite volatility in some of the pilot ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
The German pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps last week was treated for suicidal tendencies years ago before he received his pilot's license, according to German prose ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
The co-pilot of the Germanwings aircraft that crashed into the Fresh Alps on Tuesday appears to have deliberately caused the disaster after barricading himself alone in the cockpit, French prosecutors ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
... expand a pilot reform to replace business tax with value-added tax (VAT) to the construction, real estate, finance and life services sectors. These came with reports that VAT for the construction and ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
... nd of the pilots' voices. Indonesia's transport minister has said radar data showed the plane climbing at an abnormally high rate. This could have caused it to stall, experts say. The less experienced ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
... elicopter pilot. He went on a second Afghan tour as an Apache pilot between September 2012 and January 2013, but quit frontline military roles for a desk job last year. Like his father and elder broth ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... sen for a pilot scheme designed to raise efficiency by transferring control of state equity to state-owned holding companies that will focus on capital management and maximisation of shareholder value ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-13
... hree-year pilot scheme for insurance and asset and wealth management services. Under the scheme, government will collaborate with the industry to organize activities and provide internship opportuniti ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
