|
|
Article: A long days' journey into Azerbaijan.
- Article from:
- Plant Engineering
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Bob Vavra, Editor
The long, strange trip from Bangalore, India to Chicago takes 18 hours in the air and a couple more on the ground transitioning from plane to plane and gate to gate. At least that's how it's supposed to work.
If everything worked the way it was supposed to, you'd have little need for tutorials or training or maybe even your favorite manufacturing magazine. In the recognition that some things go wrong sometimes comes the desire by the best manufacturers to make sure things go better the next time.
Which wasn't my first thought when the pilot of our British Airways flight came on the intercom to tell us we'd be landing shortly ...