“In commercial aircraft, we see anywhere between 300 and 1,000 pounds of fuel saved for each arrival,”
"Because aircraft engines don’t throttle up and down during a continuous descent arrival, there are also significant reductions in noise and emissions. Keeping engines at idle power can cut emissions of nitrogen oxides by nearly a third, and reduce noise by 6 decibels along certain portions of the flight path - both significant reductions that would improve the environment in the vicinity of airports. And the technique could cut two minutes off the approach and landing portion of a flight. While that doesn’t seem like much, it could result in more efficient utilization of aircraft and reductions in flight times for crews"
PhysOrg.com on the innovation being tried at Atlanta's Hartsfield airport
"Shining through the Fog"
What a slate of speakers - Ram Charan, Tom Davenport, Gary Beach, Tom Malone...at Cognizant's Community in Boca Raton February 9 to 11. And more speakers including yours faithfully.
Says Malcom Frank, Cognizant's SVP of Marketing and Strategy - "Our goal is to arm clients with up-to-the-minute thinking on IT-enabled efficiency and effectiveness, staying relevant, and maintaining quantitative credibility in a downturn. "
I will be presenting on the theme of this blog...Disruption in Technology. I am also moderating a panel of CIOs and CTOs.
Malcolm has promised my readers a significant discount - please send me a note if you can join us in beautiful Boca. Sorry, but the event is not open to media or vendors.
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