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Airline Cockpit Safety, the Supreme Court’s Diversity Problem, and Email
In the wake of Tuesday’s Germanwings Airbus crash, we look at safety rules and regulations for pilots in the cockpit: how have they changed over the years? And is it simply impossible to prepare for every possible catastrophe?
By Barbara Bogaev • • 51m ListenIn the wake of Tuesday’s Germanwings Airbus crash, we look at safety rules and regulations for pilots in the cockpit. Then, a two-part look at the U.S. Supreme Court. First, its ruling today on the case of a worker who sued UPS for not accommodating her pregnancy. Then, a look at the court’s lack of diversity and how it might be problematic. Next, we hear from a man who set out to improve email. Why doesn’t it work better? And finally, in our weekly web roundup, Twitter has a new streaming video service.
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