Sentences with phrase «described as a pilot»

Driving the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 convertible is perhaps best described as piloting an open - cockpit jet fighter.

Not exact matches

One of its pilots described the trip as the «definition of adventure.»
As executive vice-president and chief information officer for Indigo, Serbinis was the point person on Shortcovers, which he now describes as a «pilot» project designed to take the company's theories off whiteboards and out of conference rooms and test them in the marketplacAs executive vice-president and chief information officer for Indigo, Serbinis was the point person on Shortcovers, which he now describes as a «pilot» project designed to take the company's theories off whiteboards and out of conference rooms and test them in the marketplacas a «pilot» project designed to take the company's theories off whiteboards and out of conference rooms and test them in the marketplace.
It wasn't until they got back home, when they started reviewing the pictures, that they noticed a third unidentified aircraft that they described as a «triangular» object which appeared to be dogfighting the «Vipers» (as the F - 16s are dubbed within the fighter pilots community).
Declining wages and inequality are sometimes described as an inevitable, deterministic outcome of abstract economic forces, but none of the usual suspects seem to adequately explain what's happening to airline jobs in the US — not immigration (pilots and flight attendants must speak English), globalization (so - called cabotage laws have limited the scope of international outsourcing), automation (robots haven't yet displaced pilots), or the decline of unions (union density remains high).
His first book, «No Visible Horizon,» described his experiences as a competitive aerobatic pilot.
The Sun Exchange, a participant in the pilot, describes the system as a way to make solar energy attainable for organizations that can't afford the overhead costs of buying and installing panels.
Declining wages and inequality are sometimes described as an inevitable, deterministic outcome of abstract economic forces, but none of the usual suspects seem to adequately explain what's happening to airline jobs in the U.S. — not immigration (pilots and flight attendants must speak English), globalization (so - called cabotage laws have limited the scope of international outsourcing), automation (robots haven't yet displaced pilots), or the decline of unions (union density remains high).
But not just any meal: This one was being filmed as a pilot for a reality TV show based on Tammy Hotsenpiller's book, «Taste of Humanity» — which she described as an attempt to «bring cultures together through cuisine.»
It has been said that the word was used to describe the pilot boat which sailed in front of the larger vessels, as they entered the harbour of Alexandria, to show them where the right channel was.
The ATV drivers and their following, which at Monroe included a toothless driver, a dentist, a Vietnam tank corps veteran and a lady bartender from Minnesota, are much like the craft they pilot, which one housewife described as «cutesy buggies.»
At the time, the program was described as a «pilot» public financing system, but it was only developed to for the one comptroller's race with no automatic re-approval.
He said, «There is no way anyone can describe the selection of the beneficiaries of the CCT as partisan as the beneficiaries from eight of the nine pilot States were picked even before this administration came into office.»
The announcement, made last Wednesday during the governor's State of the State address, described the pilot program as a way to evaluate the effectiveness of a statewide medical marijuana system by allowing eligible participants to legally seek relief from pain and discomfort.
The increase and improvement of such facilities consisting of the following projects: (i) Waste Water Treatment Plant disinfection system at the estimated maximum cost of $ 1,200,000; (ii) baseline Waste Water Treatment Plant projects at the estimated maximum cost of $ 1,300,000; and (iii) inflow / infiltration pilot project and reduction program improvements at the estimated maximum cost of $ 1,000,000; all as more fully described in the report and estimate of cost prepared by the County Engineers (Erie County Department of Environment and Planning) which has been filed with the County Legislature and which has been approved by the Board of Managers of said District on June 21, 2016 (the «Report»).
The first nine pilot campuses are in Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Aubervilliers, Aix - Marseille, and Saclay, the last being a huge and frequently postponed project, once described as a French MIT, 20 km south of Paris.
The authors believe the lack of a decline among the most experienced pilots is because of «crystallized intelligence,» which Joseph Sirven, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Daniel Morrow, a researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, describe in an editorial in Neurology as a specialized knowledge base that «supports attention to key relationships between individual items of information, anticipation of likely future events, and coordination of motor movement to respond faster and more accurately.»
As an example of how practical and basic research can work together, Moss described work in the U.S. involving water utilities, university scientists, and private firms to pilot use of climate models and water utility modeling to design resilient water systems.
Fasten the boards together as described below by first drilling a pilot hole.
The pilot's Kathryn is described as a master manipulator who easily hides her self - serving machinations behind a facade of charm, poise and warmth.
With the hot duo of Angarano and Larson in the lead roles, the project looked good on paper: Stoller described it to Vulture as being about «four twentysomethings who work in advertising in New York all sleeping with each other,» and said that «the pilot actually turned out really well and I'm excited about how it came out.»
Described as a contemporary thriller, «The Vatican» was hotly tipped during Showtime's development season in 2013: not only was Scott producing and helming the pilot, but it was based on an idea by Sony chief Amy Pascal, penned by Oscar - nominated «Quiz Show» and «Donnie Brasco» writer Paul Attanasio (who was intended to be the showrunner) and starred a very hot cast.
Directed by Patty Jenkins («Monster») from a script by Allan Heinberg and Geoff Johns, «Wonder Woman» has been described as an origin story, detailing the iconic DC Comics superheroine's rescue of pilot Steve Trevor and her journey with him from her island home in an attempt to stop World War I.
Described as in the vein of «Point Break» and «Fast & Furious,» the story follows a young, ex-military pilot who infiltrates a Bangkok gang of «aerial pirates» who are planning an elaborate tower heist using powered gliders and parachutes.
The show is described as very similar to How I Met Your Mother and given that it's pilot was helmed by HIMYM director Pamela Fryman, I'd say that comparison makes sense.
The 2014 pilot has been described by Fox as an «intense, mind - bending thriller.»
This pilot was successful (as described by David Bornstein in The New York Times), so we then expanded the work to other regions.
What to know: The New Mexico ESSA plan includes a Teacher Ecosystem, a map that describes a series of initiatives to attract, develop, and retain teachers in the areas of recruitment, preparation, compensation, training, and teacher leadership.41 Among many other initiatives, New Mexico will implement a Pay for Performance Pilot program as a recruitment and retention strategy.
The city council's restorative - justice investment is vaguely described as an «allocation [that] will support the implementation of» the pilot program, «which will change the culture of the chosen 15 schools approach to school disciplinary policies.»
She described Nutall as «supportive» of community schools but said that John Neely Bryan's trustee, Lew Blackburn,» was pretty eager to find a school in his district» for a pilot.
This paper describes an example of publishing a part of sensor - network data collected within INERTIA EU FP7 project pilot sites in Greece as Linked Data.
Another rumor from Autocar concerning the next E-Class hints at a new technology called «Autobahn Pilot» which is described as an «autonomous driving assistant with an overtaking function.»
The pilot - centric cockpit features a center stack that favors the driver, while Buick describes the interior design style as having «clean lines, uncluttered surfaces and premium seating materials.»
The framework of assessment they have described to us includes important concerns such as opportunity costs, supporting the animal advocacy movement, and alignment with Open Cages» overall strategy.132 Their assessment process also involves asking important questions related to measuring success and failure, such as how they plan to evaluate the program, how long they plan to pilot it, and whether they already have data indicating that they should rethink their strategy.133 Metrics that they use to help evaluate specific programs include the number of restaurants that agree to provide vegan meals in response to their restaurant outreach, as well as the amount and overall sentiment of right - wing press discussion of their legal initiatives.134, 135 These metrics provide useful information, but we think an organization prioritizing among many different interventions could benefit from the use of metrics that are more directly related to their ultimate goals, rough estimates though they may be.
Whilst this is a pretty shitty thing to do, what's more worrying is how the mecha are being described as a «second skin» for the pilots.
Respawn describes it as «a lightning fast 6v6 Pilot only mode that brings competitive, close quarter combat to the forefront.»
War Games is being described as a «parkour playground» and takes place in a virtual reality space where Pilots can compete in a simulated environment.
Reflecting about this idea, the critic Klaus Kertess, described the painter as «literally and figuratively a pilot of planes — performing real and imagined representations of agression upon the plane of painting».
Lord Brabazon of Tara, leader of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, described it as a «diseased haddock».
Before I could dig in, the session resumed with Inhofe, described as «the best pilot in the Senate» — who, among other violations, once landed on a closed runway, and «damn near hit» a truck whose driver «actually wet his britches.»
The beginning of this round of judicial reforms was also first piloted in Shanghai, so piloting these further reforms in Shanghai (as further described in this report) is also to be expected and it seems likely that piloting of reforms will continue in other places.
The grocery retailer piloted the bitcoin payment system at its Cape Town store in what is described as a world first.
Mr. Al - Sheikh described the cryptocurrency industry as merely comprising «pilots, trials, here and there.»
A pilot study and stakeholder input have provided valuable information about culture and context that have subsequently informed the Alert Program intervention as described in this protocol.
Although there are limitations to our pilot studies such as differences in the samples, treatment settings, variations in the treatment itself and the use of different measures, which may have influenced outcome, they are a starting point for describing and evaluating inpatient treatment for BPD in naturalistic settings.
This article describes the launch of Disability Leave as a pilot policy in the United Kingdom.
«Connecting the Dots: Learning Communities for Village Teachers in Rural Indonesia» describes four complementary strategies and the lessons we are learning as these are piloted and evaluated.
A later study by Willetts and Leff56 describes a pilot of an adapted version their original intervention, which involved discussing ways of managing specific patients problems, as opposed to discussing general coping strategies.
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