Federal Emergency Relief Administration

The Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) has a unique mission using specialized airborne use of force tactics for drug interdiction due to these mission complexities challenges arise. There is a shortage of experienced mechanics at HITRON due to the Precision Marksman Aviator (PM-A) Program. The Aviation Maintenance Technicians (AMT) and Aviation Electrical Technicians (AET) rates suffer at the unit due to the fact that the PM-A program does not limit the number of…

In today’s aviation world, aircraft are designed with multiple systems to aid aircrew with all aspects of flight; however, the only factor that aircraft manufacturers can’t eliminate is the integration of human error. “Human errors represent the mental or physical activities of individuals that fail to achieve their intended outcome”*. In order to properly predict human error factors we must first understand some factors that make up human error, such as “fatigue” and “situational stress”.…

Life in the 1950s vs. Today In comparison with recent times, throughout the 1950s, there was equal unemployment, more births, less women employed, a movement from large cities to the suburbs, housing shortages, changes in health, changes in transit, and multiple corporations maximized. Although some of these can be deemed negative, it always shapes history and leads us to where we are today. The 1950s decade became known as the “Baby Boom”. There was a prediction of 5 million births by the end…

Abstract: Crew resource management is management system which aims to improving safety on-board and reduce the risk of accidents. The purpose of this research is to identify the what is the crew recourse management and discuss about the good crew resource management. For example, the US Airways Flight 1549. Also I will discuss about the bad crew resources management in a true story which is Air France Flight 447. In this paper I will demonstrate the accidents and I will show the importance of…

Have you ever heard the term “situational awareness”? I simply describe this as being able to see the big picture and understanding what is going on all around you. When I flew an F-14 Tomcat for the Navy, I had to understand both what was happening inside my airplane and outside of it. To lose focus on situation could mean loss of life. On the inside, I had to keep an eye on radar displays and gauges. I also had to listen to the radio and process information. I also needed to be aware of…

Introduction The utilization of planes to transport cargo developed from first utilizing them to transport mail informally or authoritatively regarding being endorsed by national postal. Constant and controlled flights grew quickly after the first triumphs of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina on 17th December 1903. In the beginning flying was viewed by all as a new sport. Later on aircrafts became more flexible and trustworthy. Early disturbance with rate, separations, and…

2.3.2 Human and Risk Aviation Milan (2000) studied the human risk Aviation in his paper, most accidents can be attributed to human error combined with other factors. Human errors have been present in the production, maintenance and operation of aviation hardware ranging through aircraft, airports and air traffic control facilities and equipment. Human operational errors can come about when workloads exceed work ability, e.g., in stressful situations. In aviation, working capacity primarily…

gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/150_5100_19d.pdf Grant Assurance 27, Use by Government Aircraft Grant Assurance 27 requires a Sponsor to make the airport facilities funded with AIP grants and the aircraft operations area (AOA) available to federal government aircraft at no charge, unless the government aircraft use is substantial. If there is substantial use, the Sponsor may charge a reasonable share, proportional to the government’s use, of the O & M costs of the AOA and other…

Jean, Quebec, when the crew heard an explosive sound that was followed by the number three engine fire warning system activating, which caused the crew to perform emergency engine shutdown procedures along with deployment of the engine fire extinguishing system (Aircraft incident report, 1970). One of the cabin attendants reported seeing fire around the number three engine pylon area. Additionally, the flight engineer…

regarding natural and manmade crises and emergency planning and ensuring that the overall economic security of the U.S. is not diminished by efforts, activities, and programs aimed at securing the homeland (DHS.gov). FEMA was integrated into DHS in 2003 and became part of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate. The mission was to focus on preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation of disasters. Because of DHS’ many missions, personnel and the emergency management community…