Today is follow-up post day!
Boeing’s hope for the future successfully completed its maiden flight yesterday. The 787 Dreamliner, as mentioned here in November, has many new features that will improve passenger comfort. We were most excited about the change in how it maintains cabin air pressure and how this benefits passengers through improved air quality.
Just as with the Fitbit Tracker, but infinitely more important to our economy, the Dreamliner has been beset by delay after delay during its development and testing period. I hope that this first flight will help them get through the final testing phase and into ramped-up production. They have a backlog of 865 on order – that’s equivalent to a little over 1.5 billion Fitbits (in dollars) and will definitely help put some people back to work.
Photo by: marada http://www.flickr.com/photos/marada/ / CC BY-ND 2.0
I saw that the New York Times had an 
In my days of lecturing about global health care services to prospective expatriates, it was never a surprise to see scores of retirees stationed up front. They showed a high level of interest by nodding and taking copious notes. They had come to hear about health care services available around the globe.
2009 has not been a great year for air travel anywhere in the world. Too often the headlines told of tragic accidents and not enough miracles. This news is surely weighing on millions of global citizens booking flights for their holiday visits and vacations. 
