A modern airline transport can contain more than 1,000 sensors and "black boxes".
To avoid the trouble of modern airline security, firearms and ammunition have been stocked for rental.
Behind the headlines, the collective technology and operational know-how of the record-seekers contributed to modern airline travel.
"This plan saves a historic building and allows the appropriate upgrade for a modern airline, so we can grow at J.F.K".
Specifically, he was not Robert L. Crandall, his predecessor, who almost single-handedly created the modern airline industry while struggling, often unsuccessfully, to control his fiery temper.
Unite regional officer Matt Smith said: "British Airways' stance was unbefitting of a modern airline in the modern age, and demonstrates that Unite will not allow cases like this to go unchallenged.
And he is one of two working pilots with books about flying piled high in airport bookshops – and doing wonders for the rather boring image of modern airline pilots.
3.44am GMT James Fallows, following the story in The Atlantic, says whatever has happened to the plane is unlikely to be a result of chronic poor practices by Malaysia Airlines ("a good, competent and modern airline").
American's new coach fare options are "another example of how we're building toward a new, innovative and more modern airline," said Rob Friedman, the vice president for marketing at the airline, which is about to emerge from bankruptcy court protection and is in talks with US Airways.
