Chennai International Airport

INTRODUCTION: India is one of the developing countries in the world. Aviation in India is one of the major economic factors, and aviation industry is enormously growing day by day. Many airlines operate their functions and services in India among them IndiGo is one the best developing carrier which provides it services on-time based and is very particular with its timing and services. IndiGo is a low cost carrier providing low fares and on-time performance. It provides various services with…

Engineering Disasters Within the confines of a single second your whole world can come crashing down. Throughout history, mankind has been met with sudden disasters at seemingly random turns from faulty bridges, to malfunctioning airplanes and unstable nuclear reactors. Yet, upon examination of the disasters, investigators have uncovered that the seemingly random turn of events had, in reality, occurred as a result of slight mistakes made by the engineers and mechanics that designed the…

In the article “Airport Screener Could See X-rated X-rays” the problem is the government making airport security change to full body scan imaging on monitors. The body scanners are a very controversial topic,l because it takes the privacy away from people by their bodies being exploited by security. For many people the new monitors are unjustifiable, but people have to choose whether they want safety or privacy. The main points of this “Airport Screener Could See X-rated X-rays” article is…

The Center for Justice at Columbia, Rikers Education Program: Men’s Program Manager The Rikers Education Program (REP) is seeking to fill the position of program manager of the men’s programming due to a vacancy left due to the the current program manager relocating to California to enter a doctoral program. This is a full time position starting February 13, 2017. The program manager will report to the Director of Operations and Evaluation. The role of the program manager is to develop,…

Gladwell makes a very interesting argument in chapter 7 of Outliers (2008). He claims that the flight crew and their inability to communicate effectively is the number one cause of plane crashes. He supports his argument with studies on different cultures and their ability to communicate with persons in authority or of higher ranks. This inability for the “second in command” to communicate with the pilot, leads to information not being heard or in some cases said, and can have a fatal outcome.…

change how far they take the extent of safety. Some things that were changed to ensure safety were, the passing of the Aviation and Transportation security act, the amount of money that goes towards government agencies, an increase of security in airports and airplanes, the amount of privacy one actually has, and the ability to be searched when it comes to travel. Before the attacks on September 11th, the United States clearly had many safety lapses when it came to travel, however no one thought…

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 weapons are still a…

Thousands died on 9/11; family members, friends, firefighters and police, either trying to save lives or even trying to save their own. Strict enforcements on airplane security has become more challenging/advanced ever since the twin towers were bombed on 9/11, til this day it is still a hard topic to talk about. Not only has strict enforcement been challenging/advanced it has become a very time consuming task for people trying to catch their plane, but people understand that it is for their…

attacks. In doing so, they hoped that the country would reject its democratic values and change its way of life. These horrifying events caused Americans to radically rethink what security meant to them, in particular airport security. The 9/11 terrorist attacks revealed many airport safety issues…

After 9/11 “the government and international organizations had to develop strategies to reduce the risk of such attacks (George 2007).” Even if it meant to violate its citizen right to privacy because it was for their own good. Some of the strategies the government designed was friskier searches in airports also more modern technology available to be able to detect any metal or bombs or anything unusual. Nowadays when you pass by the scanning machine at the airport they can literally see…