Subject: Not only that, but they're eachgoing to deliver another meal or two each toMyrna while she's still laid up, but Myrnadoesn't know it yet and has no Internet accessfor the moment.

From: "Humphrey C. Jefferson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:13:16 +0300

His tone when he called was so serious that myinitial thought was, "Uh-oh!
One more item, and that is I'd like to thank thedozens of people who wrote after last week'sUpdate entitled "The Burger King Connection. I'min no position to judge why this crash happenedand it's inappropriate to jump to conclusions.
It was closeto the dinner hour the day I decided to do this,which was several days after the receptionist hadbrought Myrna her hamburger.
My friend Myrna, a former United Airlines crewscheduler, finally was allowed to go back homeafter successful surgery for two cancerous braintumors.
" Schedulers like Myrna didn't look atthe schedule and then say "no. Therewas a plane-full of passengers sitting at thegate with a copilot but no captain. After I sat down, and feeling more foolish thanyou might imagine, I looked at their DailySpecial menu on the table and ascertained that itwas actually Tuesday. However, what was lacking in my life, was the determination and drive that you showed me in your book.
" They invariablysaid "yes" and then worked out afterward how theywould manage it.
Although as amatter of fact I do engage in some voiceoverwork, I didn't produce this video and it isn't myvoice. Some advanced programs have picked upsome of the load now, but there is still plentyof interaction directly between pilots andschedulers.