Boeing 767

Summary During the summer of 1997, a study of aircraft maintenance employee schedules was conducted at the flight department of Saudi Aramco (biggest oil company in the world) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Alfares, 1997) Objective was to calculate the current fixed-wing aircraft maintenance worker schedule and come out with solution to improve and to decide the optimum work schedule that fulfills increasing maintenance labor requirements with the lowest cost and highest efficiency. Flight department…

Lack of Knowledge, Distraction, and Lack of Communication. Human factors were the main cause for the crash of the Asiana Flight 214. On July 6 of 2013, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed at San Francisco’s airport while landing. CNN reported, the Boeing 777 was carrying around 307 passengers and 16 crew member, and injured over two hundred people and killed three people (Martinez). Manufacturers of the airplanes makes changes to airplanes very often in order to provide a better and more…

The Boeing 737 is a short-to medium –range twinjet narrow-body airliner. Basically designed and developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin engine aircraft, modified from Boeings 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger aircrafts with occupancy of 85 to 215 passengers. It is the Boeings one and only narrow-body airliner is production, with the -700, -800 and 900 ER variants currently being built and supplying. A reengineered, re engine version, the 737 max is set to fly in…

Boeing and Airbus have introduced fly-by-wire systems and lightweight, composite materials to commercial aviation. Consumer support is one of the key factors to prove that the software can make a multi propeller aircraft fly that too as simple as thumbing…

Aer Lingus is the one of the national airlines in Ireland. Its headquarters are at Dublin airport. A fleet of 47 Airbus aircraft are operated by Aer Lingus, and the company carries over 10 million passengers per year on mainline and Regional services. The company also offers airport services and in-flight services, as well as cargo transportation services, mainly on its long-haul routes. Its cargo services include direct services between cities in Ireland the United States, Europe and the UK,…

The wage areas which cover pay for Aircraft Mechanics, are as follows: 1. Los Alamitos Airfield- Los Angeles FWS Scale. Although the LA area is the 7th highest Cost of Living ranking City in the US, in comparison to the average rates for the occupation within the US, the pay for Aircraft Mechanics does not significantly differ (based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics). The median for LA hourly pay is $29.21. The FWS rate range for WG 10 in LA is $26.76 to $30.76. 2. AASF Stockton - Stockton…

D.B Cooper Who is D.B Cooper? Cooper is a man who successfully hijacked a plane and was never found. It all started on Nov. 24, 1971, when middle aged man by the name Dan Cooper bought a plane ticket for Northwest Airlines flight #305 in Portland bound for Seattle. He was wearing a dark suit and a black tie. While in the air he ordered a bourbon and coke, after that he opened his briefcase to reveal a bomb. He told the flight attendant to land in Seattle and demanded 200k in cash ( in 20…

no longer went by that name. The company was now called Southwest Airlines Co (Southwest). On the same day Boeing made an irrefusable offer to Southwest. If Southwest bought three 737-200’s from Boeing, they would also carrying the financing by 90%. ( citation) In June of 1971, with only three Boeing 737 aircrafts, Southwest commenced providing service to the San Antonio, Houston and Dallas. Just 18 years later, Southwest gradually became a major airline…

According to the Product Life Cycle, it is suggested that before a product has the opportunity to decline in popularity, that it is moved to another country. However, there are products that are better off being sold and manufactured domestically than elsewhere. Products that are most likely to be better sold and manufactured domestically are automobiles. Products that are most likely to be sold overseas are technological like televisions and computers. Reasons why a company may find it best to…

CACQ Qantas is the world’s second oldest airline, and this is due to the four hubs located in Sydney, 2 Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Qantas does use other hubs with Jet Transport Express, Jetstar, and their domestic Australian joint ventures. In 2014, Sydney was ranked number one with the worst congestion and service for passenger experience (AFR, 2014). The Australian Consumer Commission stated that the country needs to invest more money to resolve the ongoing issue with…