AIRLINE: I just watched some talking-heads on the Lehrer News Hour discuss the melt-down in the airline sector this weekend. One gentleman from Emery-Riddle University summized that Delta should have had a back-up system in the event a disaster like the one that occured; pilot schedule, in the wings. And to not have one was a serious management fax paus. With respect to US Airways, the situation was bad to begin with and many workers (either really sick or otherwise) simply called in sick and that snarled things but good. For an airline looking seriously at liquidation, upsetting the customers was the last thing that they needed to do. All in all, a tough weekend for the American airline business. Mike Burris Cambridge, Massachusetts __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250