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Creepy Picture of the Day – July 14, 2009

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The roof of an airplane in flight from the INSIDE

The roof of an airplane in flight from the INSIDE

I stumbled upon an interesting blog written by an airline dork (his words, not mine).  It’s only interesting if you like this sort of stuff.  The picture is courtesy of an unidentified passenger who took the picture and posted it to Twitter right after sunshine began poking through the roof.

Read the entire article by clicking the following link.

The Cranky Flier – Airlines|Airports|Air Travel Blog

I was doing research on the relationship of airlines outsourcing their maintenance and accidents.

Don’t ask.

Creepy Statistic of the Day – July 13, 2009

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I got the following from an email sent by Workforce Recruiting:

NORTH AMERICAN RETAINED SEARCH REVENUE GROWTH VS. YEAR EARLIER

(Percentage change)

Q1
’08		 Q2
’08		 Q3
’08		 Q4
’08		 Q1
’09
Korn/Ferry Intl. 9.6% 9.1% -2.2% -29.5% -42.8%
Heidrick & Struggles Intl. -7.3 -1.4 -0.2 -14.7 -40.0
Total 1.9 4.1 -1.3 -23.1 -41.7

Note: Korn/Ferry’s revenue has been adjusted to a regular year ended December 31 from the company’s fiscal year ended April 30. North American fee revenue for Korn/Ferry includes revenue from FutureStep.

Source: Company reports, Staffing Industry Analysts Inc.