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Future Geopolitics

Yes, GPS Is Getting Worse — Will We Have To Go Back To Regular Maps?

From war zone risks to head-scratching tourists, the manipulation of the GPS navigation system by hackers (jamming and spoofing) can wreak havoc on our modern habits of relying on real-time digital mapping apps. The surest alternative may be going back to paper maps.

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Future Geopolitics

Why GPS Is Getting Worse — And May Force Us To Revert To Old-School Maps

From war zone risks to head-scratching tourists, the manipulation of the GPS navigation system by hackers (jamming and spoofing) can wreak havoc on our modern habits of relying on real-time digital mapping apps. The surest alternative may be going back to paper maps.

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Geopolitics

China Is Recruiting Former NATO Pilots — Is That OK?

A Parliamentary committee that oversees German intelligence services is questioning Beijing increasing recruitment activities of those who know Western weaponry best. This raises a fundamental strategic question as China-West tensions grow .

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Geopolitics

One Of Our Own Was A Suicide Killer – Lufthansa Pilots Struggle To Cope With Lubitz’s Act

That one of their own aircrafts crashed, killing 150 people, is disaster enough. But that a colleague deliberately murdered all those people is inconceivable to pilots and staff of Lufthansa and its low-cost carrier Germanwings.

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Economy

Not Enough Pilots For Latin America’s Booming Private Jet Sector

AMERICA ECONOMIA (Chile) 

 Worldcrunch SANTIAGO – The rapid expansion of large Latin American companies is pushing up demand for private airplanes and helicopters like never before. The reasons are simple – these companies want the speed, flexibility and autonomy that private air transport provides. The only problem: There are not enough pilots, America Economia […]

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Society

Gender Equality In A Pilot’s Hat? Court Backs Lufthansa

SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG (Germany) Worldcrunch COLOGNE – A German court has ruled that male Lufthansa pilots must continue to wear their hat with their uniform at the airport – even though the same policy does not apply to female pilots at Lufthansa, the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily reports. A male Lufthansa pilot had filed a suit against […]

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