Essays Tagged: "airports"

How has American security in the airports changed since 9/11? (ARMED WITH ONLY A NEUTRAL LIPSTICK-article used)

l Lipstick", by Anna Quindlen, gives the reader a clear description about a too-common situation in airports. As Anna Quindlen was going through the check areas, she had conflicts with the security.In ... heck areas, she had conflicts with the security.In this article, Anna Quindlen, was searched at two airports because she was suspected of having something dangerous just because the metal detector wen ...

(2 pages) 66 0 4.6 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Marriot Restructuring This is a case study on the restructuring plan of Marriot Corporation by splitting itself into two companies, namely, Marriot International and Host Marriot.

. It would own 139 hotels or motels, 14 retirement communities, and nearly 100 restaurants/shops at airports and along toll roads.The key element in the restructuring plan was that Host Marriott was t ...

(7 pages) 567 1 3.9 Oct/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Government Control Improves Airport Security explors the benifits of U.S. government controled airport security. 7.25 pages DS w/ bib. for a writing class.

rity nationwide. Pre-September 11, airport security was the responsibility of either the individual airports that hired out security services to inconsistent, non-conforming, private companies, or air ... e umbrella, The Transportation Security Administration. This new agency handles all security at all airports nationwide. "Today, the administration of US President George W. Bush is trying to minimize ...

(11 pages) 556 2 4.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Airport Security Is there too much or to little? Is there need for change? These are the questions I am going to answer.

there too little? Is there a need for change? Who's responsible for leaks in Airport Security? Are Airports safe? If they are not, how can we make them safe? These are the questions I am going to ans ... disposable razors (Woodward).Now I will go into the current changes that are being examined at our airports today. One new idea is to change pre-boarding questions. Gary Stroller (B) explains how the ...

(7 pages) 169 1 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Immigration Policy.

As foreigners fly into East Coast airports, specifically, New York's LaGuardia, they can't help but notice the Statue of Liberty and t ...

(4 pages) 244 1 3.4 Jul/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Solution to Southwest Airlines 1993 expansion.

enance, spare parts inventory and pilots training costs. In entering new markets, Southwest chooses airports that are readily accessible, rather than large, crowded international airport, which saves ... r allocated it the farthest boarding gates they own. For the Dayton and Baltimore markets, both the airports are secondary and uncongested, large network carriers may have less controlling power in th ...

(6 pages) 243 0 4.2 Jul/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Wireless Networking.

becoming increasingly affordable, and is also being made available in various public areas such as airports to enhance the medium's convenience and adaptability. Companies and institutions that emplo ... Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) offering public services, including LAN access at many airports, hotels, and restaurants to be utilized by mobile travelers with laptops or handhelds. "Pub ...

(6 pages) 453 0 4.4 Aug/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Persuasive Essay against racial profiling in airports.

ontinue even today in the most recent of times. Since the wake of September 11, racial profiling in airports has been heavily enforced in order to ensure the safety of Americans. In several instances, ... enforcement practice of singling out members of racial minorities as suspects. Heavily practiced in airports today, this procedure does much more harm than good. In suspecting Arabs or other minoritie ...

(2 pages) 210 0 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Should Smoking be Permitted in Certain Places?

wever, should smokers be allowed to smoke in places such as restaurants, bars, banks, universities, airports, or large sporting areas and other public places around non-smokers.In the past, smokers we ...

(3 pages) 93 1 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Homeland Security.

onder how much more secure can you be without violating our constitutional rights and freedoms.From airports to water ways we have added security. When you go to these places you have everything check ...

(1 pages) 199 3 3.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

It's about what do i feel about my hometown.

Dad's hands. When we all get into the car, he starts the engine. Xiang Tan is a small city with no airports. We have to land on another city and then drive two hours to get back home.Home, whose home ...

(2 pages) 36 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Organizational Culture: MGT 331 - Analysis of my organization cultures

st Airlines. Southwest flies the same routes as other airlines, uses similar equipment and the same airports, but the airline's organizational culture of fun and personal responsibility sets the tone ...

(2 pages) 738 0 3.2 Jan/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

American Airlines - The Advantage Airline

an Airlines: The AAdvantage AirlineThe stark silver carriers with the tri-color stripes are seen in airports around the world, and though they may have a simplistic approach to their exterior, America ...

(4 pages) 183 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Investment in Airport Infrastructure

Investment in Airport Infrastructure.IntroductionAirports face particular problems in the timing and financing of investment. Management must be awar ... re that organises the airport business in ways that support investment decisions.Investment PoliciesAirports are a unique business with unique problems. The facilities must be adequate for safe and ef ... rtInfrastructure. pp. 89-132.Kearney, C. (1993). Investment in Airport Infrastructure by theFederal Airports Corporation. Mimeograph, Faculty of Businessand Technology, University of Western Sydney, M ...

(4 pages) 63 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Security / A brief look of security post 9-11.

l. Security has been stepped up several notches. The federal government has taking over security in airports and the skies in an attempt to prevent another 9-11 like attack. The items that you can car ...

(2 pages) 160 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Amelia Earhart

ound that time, she started to become interested in airplanes. She began spending her spare time at airports watching planes take off and land. She took a ten-minute ride in a plane and realized that ...

(1 pages) 51 1 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Smoking in Public

Historically, smoking in public places such as restaurants, schools, hospitals, airports, and government buildings was unrestricted. Health, safety and economic concerns, as well a ...

(2 pages) 115 1 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Supply, Demand, and Pricing

line with the supplyand demand. Americans love to travel, as is proved by the massive crowds ion theairports. Airline passengers may eat the same meals and arrive at the same destination,but they will ...

(3 pages) 579 1 2.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Racial Profiling

g people who are passing through public areas--such as drivers on public highways or pedestrians in airports or urban areas where the reason for the stop is a statistical profile of the detainee's rac ... rofiling and airline passengers. In his September 25, 2001 article The Case for Racial Profiling at Airports in the D.C. Dispatch, Stuart Taylor Jr., states:Racial profiling of people boarding airline ...

(13 pages) 313 0 4.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

2004 presidential debate 1. who won and why

tter to put money in homeland security not overseas. He wants to better protect America's seaports, airports and chemical plants; "But we also have to be smart ... and smart means not diverting our at ...

(2 pages) 55 2 3.8 Sep/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians