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MÄRKTE EUROPA/Asien-Schwäche drückt DAX Von Herbert Rude FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--Schwache Vorlagen aus Asien führen am Freitag zu einer leichteren Eröffnung an den europäischen Börsen. Sie überlagern die starke Berichtsaison, seit dem Handelsschluss vom Donnerstag haben weitere europäische Unternehmen mit ihren Quartalszahlen die Erwartungen übertroffen und ihre Ausblicke angehoben. "Die Unternehmen befinden sich weiter auf Erholungskurs", sagt Commerzbank-Analyst Markus Wallner. Die ...

>> i can think of a one-point plan to correct this. dont beat up your customers. >> its over and done with. >> i agree. >> any companies with thousands of employees, bad things happen. >> i agree. this is where my libertarian side kicks in. the market should correct, jetblue doesnt overbook. people should buy jetblue and its also an opportunity for others to undercut united. >> theres been a lot of criticism this week, american airlines, giving raises to employees, some have said listen if you p...

Benefits in all of this does that translate to less safe? >> actually it can. it depends on three things. it depends on whether the low-cost carrier skimps on pilot salaries training and maintenance. for example, after valuejet crash after it crashed into the florida everglades the national transportation safety board found they skimped on maintenance, pilot pay and training all three and the crash as recently in the united states other than asiana have been lower cost regional carriers and they...

Time. that used to be enough to go straight from embry riddle to a commercial airline but after flight 3407 crashed in 2009 that transition became much harder. pilot error played a major role in that crash in buffalo and many of the families of the 49 people on board have pushed for some of the changes were seeing today. including raising the minimum requirement of flight hours to 1500. but there are fears some of these requirements may be weakened in order to meet the demand for pilots. >> ther...

Both of you. like most crashes this was a chain of event, pilot error, fatigue, lack of professionalism in the cockpit. they pointed to other influences saying training record keeping were involved here. what was the most important takeaway lessen from the crash? >> it focused on pilot proficiency and performance. my concerns here is how those are impacted obviously by pilot pay and pilot scheduling and the regional airline industry. >> michael, for you what was the most important lesson? >> i t...