BA, which has long dictated aviation policy to British governments, duly offered to drop its resistance to open skies in exchange for approval for its link-up with American.

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Keep the massive sunroof open the entire journey despite the added wind resistance.

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Unfortunately, because of the nature of air circulation, any downward-pointing force created aerodynamically generates a backward-pointing resistance in the process just as an increase in the lift of an aircraft wing as the flaps are lowered for take-off or landing creates more drag in the process, forcing the pilot to open the engine throttles to overcome the extra wind resistance.

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If a team, area, or business unit is not open to the process, find out why, and explore ways to change their resistance into active involvement.

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