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Cargo Plane Crash Revives Pilot Fatigue Questions

Associations Now

New rules regulating the number of hours passenger-airline pilots can fly go into effect in 2014 and are expected to curb pilot fatigue. Civil Aviation Authority showed that the rate of fatal cargo plane accidents around the world was eight times higher than that for passenger airlines from 2002 to 2011.

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Expos Returning to Philadelphia After Labor Contract Changes

Associations Now

The prior agreement, passed in 2002 and extended in 2013, had raised concerns for organizations holding events, many of which had given the convention center low marks. The new customer satisfaction agreement is meant to do two things: rein in the high labor costs associated with the venue and drum up new convention business.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

The drop in the cost and effort required to capture, edit, and deliver video has dramatically increased our ability to use it for developing educational content. For learning businesses, the rise of SaaS has meant better, lower-cost access to a wider variety of learning platform options. The E-learning Cost Cliff.

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Big Data: Big Headache or Big Opportunity for Associations?

Association Adviser

READER NOTE: Association Adviser is in the final stages of preparing the 2014 edition of the annual Association Communication Benchmarking Study. Before going down the path of Big Data, experts say you need to get your “small data” right. Take the time to formulate the right questions and pilot test before you go live.

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