He could get off a plane after a grueling 20-hour trip to Asia and go fresh into a whirlwind series of meetings.

FORBES: Caspar W. (Cap) Weinberger

Legislation making its way through Congress would require airlines to offer passengers the opportunity to get off a plane every three hours that it sits.

WSJ: How Airlines Can Stop Marooning Passengers

Several aviation veterans say they have come to believe, sometimes reluctantly, that Congress should limit how long people can be held on airplanes without a chance to get off a plane.

WSJ: How Airlines Can Stop Marooning Passengers

So a lot of the passengers knew what was up for them when they were going to get off the plane, and it was a great sharing of information for those who had the latest details of what had happened in London.

NPR: The Scene at London's Heathrow Airport

The comedians Mike Myers and Robin Williams, among other celebrities, have sported Roots clothing, and Budman and Green get a somewhat surer way to increase the company's profile and, perhaps, boost sales at Roots' 140 stores, which include 8 in the U.S. "We hope that people get off the plane and go to a Roots store, " says Budman, 54.

FORBES: Reach For The Sky

She and her parents had just boarded a JetBlue flight when an airline employee approached them and asked them to get off the plane, saying representatives from the Transportation Security Agency wanted to speak to them.

FORBES: TSA Removes 18-Month Old Baby From Plane [Updated]

If a model overestimates the lift around an aircraft's wing, then the actual plane might not get off the ground.

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