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WHAT A MESS
by Alden Davis
 The
ValueTree is a great way to decode current headlines.
CBS880 radio out of New York City recently
reported that the transit authority predicts that future
fare increases will be consumed with rising interest
expenses on long-term debt. Let's reference
the ValueTree
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to understand the situation. Management
decides to take on long-term debt to pay for
improvements to the system; this is found at the bottom
of the tree.
The interest that needs to be paid on the debt
shows-up in the top of the tree in Accruals. Interest
expenses start to layer on top of each other as more
debt is taken on over the years. So, if Revenue
is projected to stay flat, and Cost of Sales stays
equal, each dollar of increased interest drives down the
General Fund.
Well-run institutions try to maintain around 12%
of their operating budget in the General Fund and this
practice gets favorable reactions from bond rating
agencies.
What a Mess! Fares have to be
raised just to cover the cost of interest to keep the
system in balance and this is a cost escalation locked
in for years to come.
This
situation highlights the importance of management taking
a 30-year view when making financing decisions and
considering the impact they will have on future
customers.
Well targeted Kaizens are a powerful strategy to
reduce Operating Expenses to offset the increases in
Interest.
Before the customer is held hostage to fare
increases, good management practices include long-term
ValueTree forecasting and supportive project management
plans for cost improvements using a 10+ year horizon.
Check out our Blog at http://bossknots.blogspot.com/
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feel free to add a story anytime you want.
Be
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 The following
are news links relevant to quality, safety, and
regulatory matters in the Aviation, Space, Defense and
Maritime industries. These are events which have
been reported in the months of February through
mid-March 2009. As a professional, it's
your responsibility to remain relevant.
Workforce
UTC to cut
1,500 jobs in CT (USA)
The
cuts, about 6 percent of the company's workforce in
the state, will target administrative, sales and
overhead positions. The layoffs are part of the 11,600
jobs the company will cut across the global workforce.
National Semiconductor Corp plans to cut
26 percent of its workforce, or 1,725 jobs
worldwide, in the latest sign of distress in a global
chip industry.
Bombardier cuts
jobs, scales back production (CAN)
 Bombardier Inc. announced it
would be cutting its workforce by 1,360 employees and
scaling back its production plans for private jets
this year.
 National security means job
security for hundreds of workers at Allison
Transmission. They're building critical parts for a
new combat vehicle, while hoping it becomes a vehicle
for even more jobs.
Policymakers have spent too much time
debating whether to fly the shuttle another year and
too little time focusing on keeping NASA's mission
relevant and its skilled work force intact.
Australia gets
stronger aviation laws (AUS)
 The
first of the two bills will re-establish a board for
the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and give it
greater powers to check the safety of foreign airlines
operating in Australia.
 A
team from the International Civil Aviation
Organisation (ICAO) will assess PNG's Civil Aviation
Authority (CAA), which has failed in the past to
properly investigate a string of crashes.
Congress set a 2015 deadline for all U.S.
airports to build or improve runway safety zones, but
a report from the Department of Transportation says
LAX and 10 others won't meet that deadline.
 The
FAA has been on a kind of enforcement rampage during
the past two years, one that singles out FAR Part 91
and Part 135 operators for certificate suspension or
revocation while merely giving Part 121 air carriers a
relative "slap on the wrist."
Romania for the first time holds five
positions in the international civil aviation, after
having been elected vice -chairman of the
Multidisciplinary Group on March 10 in Montreal.
Indonesia and Australia are working
together to improve safety standards in Indonesia's
beleaguered aviation industry.
 One
of two plans to build a massive wind turbine farm near
Rumford, ME has come up against strong turbulence from
the FAA.
The
renovation of a diagonal runway at Pittsburgh
International Airport, which is mostly used at night for
noise abatement reasons, will be one of the first
projects to receive federal stimulus funds for airports
around the country.
Because LEDs have a relatively narrow
emission band and do not emit infrared energy like
incandescent lights, it is possible for them to meet
FAA requirements for Aviation Red but be below the
range in which NVGs are sensitive.
 In
2005, the FAA mandated that all U.S. aircraft built
after October 2009 meet the "16g rule," which states
that passengers somehow be protected to withstand
forces equivalent to 16 times earth's gravity.
Computers in Seattle averted a virtual
midair collision between an unmanned helicopter and
simulated aircraft over Kingaroy this week using new
technology being developed under the Smart Skies
Project.
 The
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is
planning to add two new levels of security to its
already strict air travel regimen, a move that may
leave many travelers grumbling.
Civil Aviation
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
has written to Federal Aviation Administration in
America and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
stressing severe concerns about the safety of the
777s.
 A
helicopter pilot has had his license revoked again
after an Internet video showed him engaged in sexual
acts with a porn actress while flying over San Diego.
 The
Dreamliner doesn't "fully meet the quality that Boeing
touted earlier," Zhou Chi, chairman of Shanghai
Airlines, said at a shareholder meeting in Shanghai.
"Let's stop the double-speak and stop the
spin. Let's get those bodies and give us some closure.
We know where they are. They're in the water in that
tin can..."
 American Airlines says the engine
failure that caused a jet to make an emergency landing
in New York may have been caused by an object --
something other than a bird -- sucked into the engine.
Mothball
fleet's flaking paint taints shellfish (USA)
 Federal scientists have concluded
that the mothball fleet of rust-forsaken ships in
Suisun Bay has contaminated shellfish and bay mud with
toxic heavy metals, but they are not proposing any
specific cleanup actions.
The
Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Navy could use
sonar in submarine-hunting training exercises off
Southern California without heeding restrictions
imposed by a lower court to protect whales and
dolphins.
The European Parliament approved the
"Erika III" package, aimed at protecting the
continent's coasts from maritime disasters and
improving the safety of passengers and crews.
 The station, working round the
clock, will ensure that ships passing through the
country's territorial waters continue to receive its
high quality support.
 Shipbuilding industry experts
have warned that the development of marine navigation
infrastructure has become crucial for the nation's
economic development.
 The original directive by the
Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday applied to
2,715 Bell 206, 407 and 427 models and required
emergency inspections for an improperly installed
cyclic control lever assembly bearing.
A new doctoral study of the criminal prosecution of
pilots or air traffic controllers following aircraft
accidents and incidents has concluded that they have a
definite detrimental effect on flight safety, but fail
to have the intended effect of deterring individuals
from making mistakes.
When federal aviation regulators settled a $7.5
million civil penalty against Southwest Airlines this
month, the agency praised the airline's decision to
agree to safety improvements that "exceed FAA
regulations."
FAA will issue a "proposed order" to block the
public from gaining access to voluntarily reported
wildlife strike reports, including bird strikes.
Navy witnesses told the hearing that the
Navy remains committed to procuring 55 LCSs, and is
aggressively pursuing cost reduction measures to
ensure delivery of future ships on a schedule that
affordably paces evolving threats.
Japan strongly protested North Korea's
planned rocket launch, warning Friday it could shoot
it down after the North said it would fly over Japan
and designated a "danger" zone off the country's
coast.
 Three individuals and Five Teams
have won awards from the Defense Standardization
Program Office (DSPO) for outstanding contributions to
the Department of Defense last fiscal year.
 There are more reasons than meet
the eye for last month's bidding failure of the T-50
Golden Eagle, Korea's advanced trainer jet, chief of
which is its price policy shortcoming, experts say.
Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay,
pressed about media reports that he could be in the
running for the job of NATO Secretary-General.
The report
by the Project On Government Oversight (POGO), an
independent watchdog group, found that whistleblower
calls are, in some cases, answered by an outsourced
agency or merely brushed aside.
After years of
downsizing, the U.S. Navy has nearly achieved
its end-strength goal of 329,000 Sailors.
Space
Iridium has completed its recovery from
last month's orbital collision that destroyed a
spacecraft in the 66-satellite low-Earth orbit
constellation.
 The
near-hit of space junk Thursday was a warning shot
fired across the bow of the international space
station, experts said.
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The
European Aviation Safety Agency is proposing changes
to certification requirements that could drive many
foreign students away from U.S. flight schools.
The FAA has
issued a