His resume -- posted on the Web site for his safety consulting firm, Safety Reliability Methods, Inc.

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Air New Zealand still ranks just 46th globally in passenger numbers, but its knack for viral Web campaigns, unusual safety videos and unconventional approaches to problem-solving have other airlines looking in its direction for ideas.

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Consider online tools, like Unfurlr, that show the long URLs hiding behind short URLs and provide a security report assessing the safety of the underlying web site.

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The last accident at Schiphol Airport happened in December 2003 when an EasyJet flight carrying 103 passengers to London collided with a lamppost while taxiing during icy conditions, according to Aviation Safety Network's Web site.

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In a discussion of the issue on its web site, the group detailed its safety concerns.

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The device won't let you make voice calls or surf the Web, but it does offer a host of safety features: It can map a bread-crumb trail of your coordinates so that people back home can track your whereabouts from any Web browser.

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His model predicted that a large number of passengers crowded together, all blathering, sending text messages, or browsing the web on their phones, could produce levels of electromagnetic radiation that exceed international safety standards.

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He was an instructor and Air Line Pilots Association safety chairman, accident investigator and national technical committee member, according to a biography on the Web site of his company.

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According to the National Highway Safety Administration, nearly one put of every 100 motorists is either texting, emailing, surfing the Web or otherwise using a handheld electronic device at any given time.

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