Before entering a simulated spaceship environment for eight days of seclusion, the crew of engineers and scientists preparing to pilot, you know, an actual space mission were forced to field questions from the press about how they'd manage their hair, makeup and absence of men on the craft.
Now that American astronauts will be thumbing a ride into space aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, some of them must be prepared to pilot the Soyuz in emergencies.
Neighboring Asian countries and several African countries are doing formative work and preparing to pilot.
THEY tell you — just before you crouch down for the first time in your little touristo huddle, with your gimme cap tucked in your pocket to keep it from flying away, and your hands placed nervously on the backpacks laid in a circle in front of you — they tell you that you're going to be surprised by the sheer force of the helicopter's whirring rotor, as the pilot prepares to land next to you.
The resignations come as the union representing about 10,500 American pilots prepares to negotiate a new contract in 2001 and after a tempestuous period that included a 10-day pilot sickout in February 1999.
Beyond that, the studios, preparing to start pilot season early next year (which is when SAG would strike), have set up more network projects under Aftra contracts than under SAG contracts, partly as a defensive measure.
The study provides insights not only to the MoH in Zambia, as it pilots and prepares to roll out the CHA strategy, but also to other countries that engage CHWs in health service provision.
We have made it clear that we are prepared to suspend pilots' licences in certain circumstances".
According to opinion surveys, most Poles are prepared to accept that pilot error played a role.
At this point, only a handful of prototype tires have been made, but Genencor is preparing to build a pilot plant in 2011 to brew more BioIsoprene, which it plans to sell to Goodyear and the rest of the tire industry.
