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Today we'll be talking with Dr. Greg Van about what you need to know about hearing loss.

And it's not just as simple as wearing a headset when you're in the cockpit as there are many ways you can damage your hearing with everyday activities that you wouldn't think could damage hearing.

Later, Mike Bush answers listener questions about engines.

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This week in the news, FAA pays out $44 million in an age discrimination lawsuit.

A plane in Nebraska takes off by itself before crashing, and separately, a Nebraska pilot

is a hero for removing a gun from

an aircraft that was about to be stolen. All this and more, and the news starts now.

From Washington Post.com, FAA agrees to pay $44 million to resolve long-running age discrimination lawsuit.

About 700 former agency employees whose jobs were outsourced in 2005 will share in the settlement.

The FAA has agreed to pay $44 million to resolve a long-standing lawsuit brought by former employees

who allege that their jobs were outsourced because of their ages.

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