Applied Aviation Safety The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has the mission of “providing the safest and most efficient aerospace system in the world” (FAA, n.d.). In order to accomplish this mission, they analyze information from many sources and determine where safety needs improvement in the aviation industry and then look for solutions to the issues. In 2006, the FAA wrote AC 120-92, Introduction to Safety Management Systems (SMS) for Air Operators, to establish a voluntary system…
1. There is insufficient evidence to show the applicant met the criteria for award of the Air Medal. 2. The applicant served in Vietnam from 28 January 1967 to 8 January 1968. He was assigned as a rifleman to Company C and Company E, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, as well as Company E, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment. According to the statements provided by the former members of his chain of command, the unit operated in the Mekong Delta and that dozens of their patrols were…
Sadly, the astronaut most well known for spacecraft malfunction during the Mercury program, Virgil Grissom, as well as two other astronauts set for the first Apollo launch were caught in the first major tragedy of NASA’s history. On January 27, 1967, the three astronauts were performing a preflight test of their Apollo capsule when their capsule caught fire. In the hours before the fire, the astronauts encountered problems with a sour smell from the oxygen loop of Grissom’s spacesuit,…
Million, Yet You’re Still Afraid”)? Sometimes accidents are inevitable and sometimes they are not. All it takes is a simple error for any accident to occur. Over the years most of the airplanes accident were mostly caused by the human factors. In aviation industry, the most common there are twelve most common human factors which are known as the Dirty Dozen. The Dirty Dozen consists of Lack of Teamwork, Fatigue, Lack of Resources, Pressure, Lack of Assertiveness, Stress, Lack of Awareness,…
The U.S. airline industry still lacks diversity and continues to face issues boosting minority representation among its workforce. Projected hiring’s are not expected to improve the situation and the percentage of minority pilots is decreasing. Projections from a U.S. Department of Transportation report indicate that the airline industry will hire more than 317,000 employees by 2022, but the growth isn’t expected to improve the low representation of women and non-white men. Women continue to be…
not appropriate to introduce privatizing air traffic control for the U.S. Some republicans include Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania and Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey suggested introducing privatizing air traffic control. The bill will move the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control department and is awaiting its approval. However, the author, Doug Chayka, oppose to this bill because it would nothing to improve the present air-traffic system and even, it could make the current traffic…
Running head-HISTORY OF LIGHT AIRFIELD REPAIR PACKAGE 1 History of Light Airfield Repair Package and how it is used in the Military Arnold O. Gerodias Engineer Senior Leaders Course 22 February 2016 Abstract The United States Army has assets that contribute greatly to the mission of Airfield Seizure. A method used for Airfield Seizure is Forcible-Entry. One of Forcible-Entry task is Rapid Runway Repair by using Light Airfield…
cockpit procedures, the captain’s failure to successfully manage the flight, and Colgan Air’s poor procedures for airspeed selection and management during approaches in snow and icing conditions (NTSB, 2010). Pilot fatigue is a major problem in the Aviation Industry. After…
Reference: Unlawful racial and national origin discrimination; malfeasance, misfeasance, nonfeasance, malversation, et. al. Dear Equal Opportunity Specialist Roberts: License airplane pilot Timberlake petitions you concerning the misinterpretation and interpolation of Section 113 of the Alien Flight Student Program (AFSP) identification (ID) rules, to unlawfully discriminate. WSCC’s officials are enforcing Section 113 of the AFSP ID rules upon this us citizen exemptee. They are requiring this…
The Transportation Security Administration sets rules and regulations for airport security to protect passengers and prevent hijacking on planes (Airport Security Strategies). Patrick Smith argues that the TSA has the wrong mindset because security regulations and screenings currently in place are too focused on searching for pointy objects, shoe removal, and liquids/gels. These methods are self-destructive because with the majority of security measures focused in airports dangerous people or…