Traffic calming

job. There are numerous articles based on this topic, such as “Hypertension; Air traffic controllers ' stress affects later hypertension”, “Measures of Stress/Strain on Air Traffic Controllers in Simulated Air Traffic Control”, and “Critical Incident Stress Management in Aviation”, which emphasis the idea that air traffic controlling is a severely stressful job. The title, “Predictors of Psychopathology in Air Traffic Controllers”, indicates that the article is going to address that there are…

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…

Exercise 4: Gesture and Gaze in Conversational Storytelling In order to make their narrative more plausible and detailed, many will use more than just a verbal account to illustrate their stories. Instead, they use gazes and gestures. In conversational storytelling, which is a collaborative event, gestures have meaningful functions that are tied to the description of the story. Simply defined, a gesture is the movement of the body that expresses a thought or feeling. In the video-recorded…

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…

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 depends on the ability to receive, select, process and distribute information on an on-line and basis in the control of individual aircraft or air traffic. In the same study Fedja and Milan (2008), it is defined as an incorrect…

i. What are the exceptions to the revenue diversion prohibition: There are five exceptions to the prohibition – two grandfather exceptions and three special purpose exceptions. They are described below. (1) Airport Revenue Grandfather Exception: A Sponsor may use airport revenue for general purposes to the extent that covenants or assurances in debt obligations or governing statutes controlling the Sponsor’s financing that were in effect prior to September 3, 1982 provide for the use of…

On August 23, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Aviation Act, which established the FAA as an agency (Federal Aviation Act of 1958, n.d.). The FAA is a component of the Department of Transportation (DOT) and they are charged with ensuring that all civil aeronautical practices are performed with a level of safety that directly correlates to Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (Federal Aviation Regulations, 2010). Using the Title 14 CFR, the FAA has…

Existing regulations for drones: Until recently drone that were sold to consumers were not regulated (Pomerleau, 2015). What that means is that the FAA had not released any information on how the use of a drone, by a member of the general public could be used, what the general public shouldn’t be used for, and also what the punishments would be should a consumer choose not to follow regulations (Pomerleau, 2015). As of February 2015, the FAA has release some oversight guidelines on how…

Civil Air Patrol The Civil Air Patrol or more formally known as CAP is a part of the Air Force and CAP is a program for 12 to 17 year old and CAP is also a volunteer service and is a very fun, rewarding, and pride program. There is many other extra programs to attend to such as Color Guard, Honor Guard, and other extra programs called NCOS and those are for if you want to fly anywhere across the U.S. and attend a week long course for what you picked and there are many varieties of courses like…

the problem. Looking at the scope of the problem, the statistics from NHTSA claims that “ in 2012, 10,322 were killed in alcohol-impaired-driving-crashes. These alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities accounted for 31 percent of the total motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the united states” (NHTSA, Dec, 2013). Not only is the magnitude of the issue problematic but also the scope of it as…