The board also will investigate "sterile cockpit rules, " or requirements that crews discuss only aircraft issues during critical phases of flight, such as take-offs and landings.
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Debates about how to cut spending tend to get stuck in a sterile argument about whether it is best to dictate a standard reduction across the board and tell departments to get on with it (as happened in Sweden), or to pick on particular areas (as in Canada).