It will also be a huge employment boost to trained crew in India, especially from grounded Kingfisher Airlines Ltd.

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Big-company basics, like collaboration and workflow software, can be a nightmare to install and maintain if they're not backed up by a big company's trained crew of information technology professionals.

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At Tinian Island, in the Pacific, where mission 13 was based, Mr Ferebee and the rest of the crew trained and re-trained.

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He added that gun-carrying pilots, federal air marshals and airline crew members trained in self-defense provided security to protect against the misuse of the newly added items.

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The presence on flights of gun-carrying pilots traveling as passengers, federal air marshals and airline crew members trained in self-defense provide additional layers of security to protect against misuse of the items, he said.

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Eighteen lifeboat crew have been enrolled and trained ready for operation.

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