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C. Education and skills development: (CSI as a tool to improve education and skills in society) RESEARCH QUESTIONS RESEARCH OUTCOME EDUCATION AND SKILLS (Posed to current and former SAA employees) o Where is SAA’s biggest shortfall in terms of skills? How does that affect the airline? o How does the airline build and source those skills at the moment? Looking 10/20 years into the future, where will SAA come short in terms of skills? o What are the foundation skills that need to be built at school level to get students to get into aviation specialist areas? o How did the airline do in its last recruitment for pilot training candidates? o How can SAA use its capabilities to assist teachers and what support should they seek from industry?…

2016 Is There a Need in This World for Armed Airline Pilots or Not? In today’s world, most people have vivid and detailed thoughts when it comes to the dangers of flying on commercial airlines. The events of 9/11 will continue to flow through the minds of people for eternity. A great debate has begun in regards to the airline pilots being allowed to carry weapons on board the aircraft in which they control. Questions were asked from both sides of the debate in hopes of…

Pre-Delta Airline Years The name Delta is traced back to Telulah, LA in 1909 as an agricultural lab, the Delta Lab. Scientists were working on a control for boll weevil insects that were attacking cotton crops across the Mississippi Delta. The entomologist Dr. B.R. Coad was hired by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to head the Delta Lab and was assisted by C.E. Woolman. Woolman was a young college graduate of the University of Illinois who had been hired by the USDA through the…

Overview. Financially, Alaska Airlines is a strong performer in the modern airline marketplace, having come a long way from its storied Alaskan bush plane roots. Today, Alaska Airlines is the 7th largest US air carrier and is ranked 5th for overall performance among the top 12 carriers for 2014(Alaska airlines: Company facts.; Bowen & Headley, 2015). Notably, in 2015 Alaska Airlines carried 21 million passengers on 173 thousand flights resulting in 27.768 billion Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM)…

American Airlines, a founding member of one world, is one of the largest airlines in the world. With its affiliates American Eagle® and American Connection, it serves some 260 destinations including more than 150 in the USA, and 40 countries. American Airlines network covers points throughout North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and the Pacific. American has major connecting hubs at Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago O'Hare, Los Angeles, Miami, San Juan and New York., make traveling with…

Fuel is an essential segment of the airline industry?s value chain. As the article suggests, fuel accounts for a third of airline?s operating costs. On this premise, Delta chose to diversify, through backward integration, into the refining business by acquiring Trainer Refinery. Applying the framework that we discussed in the class?by subjecting this diversification to porter?s three tests?we will test if the Delta?s corporate strategy meets the standards. Attractiveness test Refining industry…

Company Overview: Southwest Airlines was founded by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. The airline serviced Dallas, Houston and San Antonio which made a triangle. The airline started as Air Southwest Co in 1967 and then changed the name to Southwest Airlines Co. in 1971. The more dominant airlines at that time initiated a series of litigations against the airline in an attempt to prevent them from launching their first flight. The low-cost, no-reserved seats approach to air travel throughout the…

Hawaiian Airline Service Hawaiian Airlines is all about ease. On an average approximately 212 jet flys from Hawaiian island. We provide non-stop flights to the "United States". We Additionally provide airline service to Australia, Philippines, American Samoa, Tahiti, Korea and Japan. Free excellent food meals and bites are provided on every South Pacific, Trans-Pacific, and Asia flight. Travellers Point are a group of highly talented individuals which are keen to add possibly the best airline…

Airus Airlines Safety Management System February 9 2015 ABOUT US File Contains only Safety Policy, Non-Punitive Safety Reporting policy and Quality Assurance Policy CONTENTS 1 Safety Policy Statement 2 2 Non- Punitive Safety Reporting Policy 3 3 Airus Airlines Quality Assurance Policy 4 SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT The Airus Airlines Safety Policy Statement completely reflects the company’s obligation to safety in the workplace, during operations, and cultivates a…

Spirit Airlines, I have reviewed and analyzed several standard airline performance measures from four years at the beginning, and four years after completing the transition to an ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC) strategy. Since the early 90’s, Spirit gradually expanded primarily along the eastern United States and into Latin America. In the years following September 11, 2001, Spirit struggled like many other airlines and was on the verge of bankruptcy, which is when CEO Ben Baldanza began…