Essays on Aviation

I. Introduction Human activities are causing the world to warm and the global average temperature is predicted to increase by 1.8-4.0C (3.2-7.2F) by the end of the century. (Griffin, 2009) These numbers might not seem that large but when you factor in the rate at which they are increasing, it almost becomes obvious that human contributed greenhouse gases are a huge contributing factor. Since the climate will continue to change for natural and humans activity reasons, it critical to understand the adaptations humans need to do as soon as possible. For certain, if oil production and oil consumption ...

In the short story entitled “The Plane Reservation” written by Massud Farzan , the author, deemed as the narrator in the story who tells the story using the first person point of view, returned home to his hometown (Iran) from the United States to see how his parents are doing. What he discovered from the visit was instrumental in his next decision to follow his father’s advice and to make the plane reservation back to the United States. Thus, the thrust of the story was what one usually discovers after a long absence from home forms an instrumental part of ...

Recent Airline Incident

Major airline incidences are overly hard to come across even though minor incidences, though also not an order of the day, happen sporadically. For instance this week on Tuesday, a Xian MA60 plane developed a mechanical problem while trying to land at China’s Zhengzhou-Xinzheng International Airport (Aviation Safety Network, 2014). No fatality was recorded to this plane that was carrying 37 passengers and seven crew members. Even though no report is out about the cause of the incident, it is reported that the undercarriage of the plane retracted leading to the nose of the plane touching the runway (Aviation Safety ...

Need for a passenger railroad

There is a need for an inclusive passenger railroad in the US. This need is grounded on the need for a very high speed rail system. A passenger railroad will be required to accommodate the need for intercity transportation within the US. In addition, the need for urban transportation will be accommodated by the passenger railroad. The transit centers in the US will be crowded, hence the need for a passenger railroad (McMahon, 2012). Other transport modes such as highways and aviation are constrained in capacity, and they are starved of capital. Therefore, with expected business and population growth, there will be a ...

Introduction

- The roles of a pilot are as interesting as they are adventurous. However, one must never forget the very basics for it informs the safety and consequential success of the flight. It is, therefore, an illuminating and engaging career worth the credit it has generally.

- While many of us would settle for other careers other than pilots, it is not far from the truth that in the next few years, we shall be booking flights to connect us ...

Executive Summary

This research aims in understanding the role and responsibility of in-flight catering in the process of offering quality food and services. The core approach is to comprehend all those aspects that are considered to attain enough excellence and meet the expectations of the consumers. In this context, to exemplify in-flight catering company, the paper chose Emirates

Flight Catering that has already established a strong niche of being one of the popular and most preferred in-flight catering companies all over the world. In the process of the research, it has been discovered that there are many aspects that are important for a ...

Lesson title: Training on budget

Learning objectives: Cognitive Lessons’ main points: - Introduction to simulators and training on budget - The use of simulators machinery during training - Reasons for the preference of simulators over real machines - The need for simulators when training air and navy students - The cost effectiveness of simulators and how it is effective as compared to the real equipment - Conclusion with general remark on the importance of training on budget

Introduction

Training on budget is an article that focuses on how training can be done while considering the amount of money ...

U.S. GENERAL AVIATION INDUSTRY U.S. General Aviation Industry in Regards to Business and Corporate Flying

Introduction

In order to understand the organization of the United States’ aviation industry, there are several factors that are necessary to note, and that will guide us in understanding how it has been organized, and its operation with regards to the changing internal and external aspects and situations within the United States, and beyond. One of the key things, for example, to note includes the fact that the changes and instability of the United States’ economy has severely affected various industries across the nation, ...

The Delta and the Northwest airlines officially announced their merger deal on April 14, 2008. This announcement meant that the Atlanta-based Delta Airlines would absorb the Minneapolis-based Northwest Airlines. They would form and operate under a new company. The announcement came at a time when major airlines in US were facing tough economic moments. The merger decision meant more benefits to the two airlines than the public would imagine. They wanted to avoid making bigger losses, get off bankruptcy, make more profitable flights and boost their economic bases. At the time of this merger, the fuel prices were sky-rocketing. Many ...

Shot 1:

"EXT. THE BIG BLUE SKY - DAY" WS establishing shot- 747 flying slowly through the clouds; the camera follows it from profile as the plane stays stationary in frame, the clouds passing by it, the plane pointed toward L of frame. Natural sunlight is used. I wanted to use this particular shot to establish the plane, allowing the audience to get a good look at it and remember just how high up the characters are (to remind them of the stakes after JONES throws PASQUAL out of the plane with him). This is a relatively simple setup for the ...

Introduction

Aviation industry is on its high business from its evolution in 19th century to today. Air travel has maintained strong growth of around 7% per year in the last decade. During peak hour times, only in the United States, about 5,000 airplanes are in the sky in an hour. There are approximately 50,000 aircraft flying in US skies each day. These figures help us to understand the complexity in operations related to these flights as these flights needs to departure, arrival and these aircraft should not collide to each other. These all functions are performed by a traffic control ...

Stealth technology also known as low observable technology is an electronic countermeasure that is normally regarded passive (Singh 66). It is usually used by the military to acquire intelligence and secretly access enemy lines. This technology incorporates refined listening devices and invisible aircrafts used essentially to access enemy’s territory. Additionally, this technology employs a range of techniques used along with missiles, satellites, ships, personnel and aircrafts to fundamentally make them invisible from infrared while accessing enemy lines, sonar and any other detection technique. Apparently, it is clearly evident that Stealth Technology is yet to experience way many changes ...

Abstract

The essay involves a study of the threats against Aviation Security and the issues and solutions proposed for the current trends in airport development and security measures followed in civil aviation.

Introduction

Aviation security is a crucial issue and refers to the protection of passengers, cargo, staff and aircraft from crime, malicious harm, accidental incidents and other threats. There are more than 50, 000 airports in the world and the number is anticipated to grow. Aviation plays a key role in the national economy and is an essential part of the global lives. Why would one say that? Well, large numbers of traffic, ...

Fueling an aircraft is mostly taken to be a simple procedure, but there is a need to follow several critical safety precautions when fueling an aircraft. Mishaps during fueling of aircraft can occur; hence, knowing the location of safety equipment’s and safety precautions is necessary. Before fueling the aircraft, it is crucial to know how to operate the ramp. The switch is located away from the pump to avoid any mishaps. In addition, fueling an aircraft require the operator to know the fire extinguishers location. Another safety procedure is knowing the proper fuel grade and filling fuel tanks in the ...

Introduction

Reciprocating engines is a well-known technology which can be used in automobiles, trucks, construction equipment, marine propulsion, and backup power applications. It involves the expansion of hot gases to push a piston within a cylinder, converting the linear movement of the piston into the rotating movement of a crankshaft to generate power. While the steam engines that powered the industrial revolution were driven by externally-produced steam, modern reciprocating engines used for electric power generation are internal combustion engines in which an air-fuel mixture is compressed by a piston and ignited within a cylinder. Reciprocating internal combustion (IC) engines are characterized by the type of combustion: ...

Marketing

Introduction Marketing communications are important in order to inform, convince and remind the customers either directly or indirectly about the brands and the products that are offered by the companies (Varey, 2002). The marketing communication is regarded as the voice of the brand, because it creates awareness about the products among the customers (Amoako, Dartey-Baah, Dzogbenuku, and Junior, 2012). Similarly advertising is done so that information can be communicated to the dispersed people and the customers can be facilitated with the product or the service. In this paper, being consultant of the Airbus Ambulance, marketing communication campaign of ...

Slide Notes

Fly Dubai - The Government of Dubai established it and it operates from Dubai International Airport’s Terminal 2 - Dedicated to making flights more relaxing, affordable, and simpler - Was Dubai’s first low-cost airline - Makes more than 800 weekly flights, employs over 500 cabin crew, and has over 300 pilots - Core Philosophy, ”Making air travel more affordable” - Operates in more than 60 destinations across the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Russia

Marketing Strategies

Low-Cost Model - Offers a unique unbundled product in terms of low prices - The ...

Transportation

Transportation is one critical infrastructure and comprises of all major national transportation nodes that include aviation, maritime traffic, pipelines, rail, trucking and busing, highways and public mass transit. Of all the critical infrastructure sectors, transportation assets are among the most robust and diverse. Therefore, the transportation has vast capabilities that include the virtually support almost all other critical infrastructure sectors. According to Sauter & Carafano (2005), many critical sectors depend upon the transportation sectors. Therefore, there are concerns that any disruptions could have a profound rippling effect throughout the economy.

With Al-Qaeda showing interest in the attack of ...

The origin of simple machines is indefinite. Ancient people might have used the idea of a pulley when they lifted heavy objects by throwing crude ropes or vines over tree branches, or the first levers were probably logs used to move heavy objects. Notwithstanding their antiquities, simple machines are significant sources of ease and comfort for all people living until today’s generation.

Millions of people ride a bike or motorcycle everyday and almost everyone uses a switch to turn on the lights or need a simple handle to open a door. Generally, people use levers, pulleys, inclined planes, ...

Introduction

A quick search analysis of helicopters and Grand Canyon National Park reveals that there are hyped arguments concerning helicopters hovering around the Grand Canyon. From parties has in the recent past raised concerns in an effort to preserve the “natural quietness” of the region. For example, survey results conducted by the Grand Canyon National Park Service showed a remarkable need of maintaining the sanctity and natural silence the Park offers to innumerable visitors. Decreasing the frequency and number of aircraft excursions that upset the sense of amity pervading throughout the Canyon is the one sure way of preserving the ...

In business, writing a report requires one to follow three main steps. These include planning, writing, and completing. The planning section requires one to find a topic, state the purpose of writing and determine the format of the paper or report. For example, in this paper, the Delta Airline Inc. is compared descriptively to the Frontier Airlines, and the Hawaiian Airlines. In specific terms, comparison is made in the levels of operation (revenue), flexibility in terms of destinations and fleet size.

The second stage of writing involves the actual writing process. It involves gathering of data, divergent and convergent thinking, and ...

Changes That Need to be Made to Cater for the Diverse Needs of Aviation Students who may want to Study at UND

It is made clear that there is an increase in the number of students who are interested in partaking training in aviation. This has been made clear through the growth of the UND and the number of students who seek to acquire their piloting skills at UND. Despite the growth, there has been a reduction in the number of students referred to the institution by the MOI of Saudi Arabia since there are few helicopters. It is also ...

Tim O'Brien “The Things They Carried” is an exceptional and challenging book that rises up out of a composite of multiple customs. O'Brien writes to his audience both a war diary and a life account, and confounds this presentation by making a fictional hero who offers his name. To completely grasp and admire the novel, especially the sections that gleam the way of composing and narrating, it is essential to recall that the novel is fictional instead of a routine genuine, historical record.

Through an arrangement of interfaced life stories, "O'Brien" enlightens the characters of the men with whom ...

Emirates Airline is a company that basically started gaining prevalence in 1980s. It is an airline company that offers flight services to people the world over. It has grown to be the best company in the airline industry operating in more than 75 countries operating approximately 3,400 flights per week (Harvey, 23). Despite the hard economic times that the Middle East has experienced, the company has still managed to manage its services majorly due to the quality of their services and its devotedness to its mission statement which states, "We exist to deliver the world's best in-flight ...

Introduction

The airline industry mainly focuses on extensive planning, strategy and decision-making towards sustaining profitability and viability in operations. Through the inculcation of plausible operational policies, organizations manage to position themselves within an individual profitable niche. As such, various players within the airline sector inculcate diverse and individualized approach in operations that lead to differentiated outcomes. Thus, Allegiant Air is a performing company within US airline industry that has sustained its operations through specialized approach in operations. As such, the company has incorporated a low-cost approach that is driven by effective policies and performance approach. As a leisure and travel based carrier, its ...

We conducted a series of tests or experiments featuring a model plane with varying sizes of wingspan, length, and flaps. There were two types of plane that we used for the experiment. Plane Type 1 had a wing width of 115 with a fuselage length of 210 and a y flap. The average distance that if reached after a series of five attempts were 2.51 m.

The plane type 1 had a second subtype; everything else was the same with the first subtype in terms of the wing width and fuselage length except for the fact that it had an n instead of a y flap. After ...

Shoring

A shoring system is necessary so as to ensure safety for the workers. The basement construction process will involve excavation near the neighboring building. The neighboring building is delicate because it was constructed long before the Australian standards of footing were set up. If shoring is not done, the workers will be at danger of a collapsing building. Shoring will help to offer support to the building so that it does not collapse in the process of constructing the basement. Shoring will also help in speeding up the excavation process. Secant pile walls and sheet piling systems are two good ...

Appelbaum, S. H., & Fewster, B. M. (2002). Global aviation human resource management: Contemporary recruitment and selection and diversity and equal opportunity practices.

This journal presents a series of selected audits on the main findings of human resource management on airlines from nine selected nations in 2001-2002. The data results indicate that efficient function ability of the any aviation industry relies on the proper model of operation and governance. It was further discovered that proper CRM is quite critical to spearhead the strategic development of customer-centric environment and reduction of uncertainties.

Collins, R. L. (1996, 04). The solo crew: Flight resource management for a single pilot. Flying, 123, 92. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/216147555?accountid=1611

This journal mainly advocates on the best approaches for corporate flight training. It has expanded on the bests methods on how a single crew may make the maximum advantages while in the pilot` ...

Introduction

There is a very large difference in the price and operating economics of aircraft and this is only one aspect of several important factors that are absolutely vital for fleet planning. “Fleet commonality” and costs associated with it must be considered very carefully to obtain a better economic viewpoint of the way that cost effectiveness will impact the operations and eventual survival of the airline from an all encompassing point of view. Some carriers chose to have only a single type of aircraft for their airlines while others usually chose two or more types of aircraft to offer diversified services for ...

List of ideas to replace current shipping technologies

- Delivery drones - Autonomous vehicles - Autonomous delivery robots - Dedicated delivery trams - Autonomous cargo ships - Delivery boats within cities with waterways - Delivery pipeline - Delivering digital good such as books via email - Delivery people on jetpacks - Train shipping

Detailed discussion of ideas to replace current shipping technologies

Delivery Drones

Delivery drone will utilize already existing technology, which involves the use of airborne unmanned flights. These flights can be used to deliver small packages to customers within cities. In order for this delivery system to work the individual making an order will be ...

1.0 Executive summary

Business players always devise strategies aimed at keeping them afloat in the market. They build up on their competitive advantage which in turn they utilize to be ahead of their peers. The strategy may be informed by what the customers, employees and the management expect of each other. South West airline has strived to offer flights within the USA and the surrounding areas which are lowly priced while at the same time with excellent services. Through this strategy the company has managed to build a reputation for itself whereby it has emerged has the company many in the country opt ...

A theoretical approach is proposed in order to link the strong environmental management to the improved supposed future financial performance as examined by the stock market performance. Therefore, the linkage to the firm’s performance is tested empirically with the help of a financial event methodology as well as the archival data of the firm-level environmental and financial performance. This enabled the researcher to measure the positive returns for the strong environmental management as directed by the environmental performance award. It was found out that the linkage between the environmental management and the financial performance may be useful to both practitioners and ...

Ethics Question 1:

Debates on what should be done and not or the limitations of what systems should achieve and the information that must be fed to these systems have loomed around several companies and individuals who utilizes systems for the past several years. Some “good guys” are able to find ways to be “ethical hackers” to catch the bad hackers. However, an ethical dilemma also exists as people say that their sometimes their right to privacy is invaded. It is like saying that wiretapping is illegal, but it is one way of getting the needed information that may be ...

One of the major legislations in the field of aviation includes the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. This act focused on defining the role of Civil Aeronautics Board (CBA) in the economic regulation of airline industry. The act removed all the price, market entry and route control restrictions over the airlines that were applied by the Government. With this act in practice, most of the airlines struggled economically and some even got bankrupt. As new competition emerged in the airline market, direct flights were replaced by routing them through a single hub or center which lead to the hub-and-spoke model.

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Part 1a: Imagine you are being chased through the woods by a hungry bear. Which nervous system would engage? (parasympathetic or sympathetic) Why is this?

Someone being chased through the woods by a hungry bear will have his or her sympathetic nervous system being engaged in the flight. This second type of autonomic nervous system tagged sympathetic will be responsible for the control of many homeostatic mechanisms that will help the person to flit away from the hungry bear. The mechanism is that of the sympatho-adrenal response of the body. The interconnected neurons of the SNS are connected to several organs of the body which enables several organs to be controlled during this period of flight response. In response to the flight, the organs connected ...

In light of new aero-technologies, this development aerodrome may be described as one that has fashion runways of sufficient length and strength to let secure landing; offers all the appropriate additional solutions (lighting, emails, urgent solutions, climate confirming, routing features etc.) to let a secure strategy and landing; will be open for an interval which includes the variety of possible times of arrival; and which is prediction to have climate appropriate to let a getting throughout that interval. Modern turbo-fan has made it possible to boost the variety of twin-engine aircraft to enable some of them fly great ranges. However, the ...

Part I.

According to Hermanson (2011), static budget is based on the projected level of output and does not change significantly with the changes in activity, while flexible budget provides different cost levels, depending from the projected amount of output.

We may claim that Charter School Budget is flexible, as it suggests several scenarios, and reflects changes in cost structures depending on the amount of output. We may also observe that total revenues of the charter school are divided into two different types: revenues and grants. While the amount of revenues depends on the amount of students enrolled, the amount of ...

List each company and describe the business that each is in

DHL Company Overview DHL is an international market leader in international express delivery, airfreight, and overland transport. The firm is the world leader in contract logistics and ocean freight. DHL’s international network links more than 220 territories and countries. The firm has a team of approximately 285,000 employees dedicated to providing fast and reliable services that exceed customer’s expectation in 120,000 locations worldwide.

Boeing Company Overview

Boeing is the second largest manufacturer of large commercial planes behind Airbus and the second largest defense contractor behind Lockheed Martin. In addition to commercial jets the company also manufacturer military airplane. ...

The manufacturing company is responsible for the injuries of the pilot. The manufacturing bears the sole liability because it offered the contract to the subcontractor who provided equipment with flaw that led to the air crash injuring the pilot seriously. The liability is transferred from the subcontractor to the manufacturing company because it the one which offered this contract to the subcontractor. The manufacturing company may make a follow up for compensation from the subcontractor to compensate for the failure of the equipment which caused the failure of the aircraft. The company is suppose to compensate he pilot for the ...

The Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program provides for the training and regulation of armed pilots. Legislation exists to support this program, in 2004 Congress considered, but did not vote on additional legislative efforts like the Cockpit Technical Corrections and Improvements Act, other legislation is pending Congressional action.

The United States Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) maintains a section for Federal Flight Deck Officers (FFDOs). It starts with a description of what a FFDO is, how they work with the Federal Air Marshal Service and the history of when the legislation creating the creation of the FFDOs was signed ...

There are five phases of a terrorist attack. According to Sauter & Carafano (2005), they include the pre-incident phase, the initiation phase, the climax phase, the negotiation phase and the post-incident phase. The pre-incident phase is the stage whereby the terrorist leaders decide on the type of operation to undertake. Thus, it involves the selection or the identification of the target. At this stage, the terrorist comes up with a number of potential targets. This is based on extensive intelligence and surveillance. For example, the selected targets for the 9/11 attack were the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the Capitol ...

Distribution channel can be defined as a structure of intermediaries, which can be both intra-company units and extra-company agents, through which a product is marketed (London, 2008). The design of distribution channels as well as the number of intermediaries involved largely depend on the strategic needs of the company and on the kind of industry it operates in. The example of automobile, aircraft and fashion industries could help to understand the differences between the channels.

Big aircraft industry has very few players both on the supply and the demand sides. Therefore, the most effective way to organize distribution is directly, based ...

Qantas Airlines is one of the leading and most highly developed airlines in Australia. The company was established in 1920, and has experienced rapid growth that has seen it grow from a simple company transporting passengers in two sitter planes to one that owns a fleet of more than 147 large passenger planes (Qantas, 2013). The company is well known for offering quality service to its clients and has received various awards in relation to this. This paper analyses the customer service provided by the company and its suitability to the market needs of the customer.

In order for any company ...

Demographic trends all over the world have a big impact on the development of the world. These trends are responsible for various changes in different countries and economic industries. Demographic trends are characteristics of the world or a country’s population that manifest themselves when determining issues such as industrialization and employment.

The increase in the number of the working age population, in many countries in the world, makes this demographic trend globally important. People aged 15 to 64 have been increasing over time. This trend is common in developing countries where the fertility rate is high. However, this trend is ...

RFID is an abbreviation for radio frequency identification which means the tiny electronic devices consisting of a tiny chip and a radio extender or antennae. The latter is able to carry two thousands bytes of facts and figures or below. RFID can be used in business in several ways which include the fact that it enables business firms and organizations to create uses or applications which lead to some important value. The major use of the technology is the tracking of assets (Matt 81). Firms can put the RFID tags on assets which get lost or stolen; those which are not ...

The EBITDA shows the amount of earnings available to a company before accounting for tax, depreciation, interest and amortization. Often, a large value indicates that an organization has a lot of intangible assets available for depreciation and amortization. A comparison of Rolls Royce EBITDA with the competitors show that it has a small amount of acquired of intangible assets. Creditors and suppliers would not be attracted to Rolls Royce since it is an indication that the company does not have adequate earnings before interest. It is likely that the company has a small value in terms of intangible assets. In the same industry, BAE ...

This article describes Initiative 1240 in detail. It states that Initiative 1240 will be voted for or against on the November 6, 2012 in the whole state of Washington. It goes further to explain that the charter recommends the establishing of forty public charter schools in the state, eight schools per year, over the next five fiscal years. These schools are supposed to be public schools that operate independently. This means that these schools will not be under the supervision of local school districts. It shows views from the opposition, support team and the media as well. The support ...

This essay compares the aircraft hydraulic systems between Embraer 145 and Boeing 737. It is first of all pertinent to note that the hydraulic system of an aircraft is useful in both primary and secondary control of a flight. This hydraulic system moves the ailerons, rudder and elevator in primary flight control, and the flaps, slats and spoilers in secondary flight control. The other aircraft systems controlled using the hydraulic system include utility system parts such as lancing gears, gear steering breaks, passenger stairs and cargo stairs. This work focuses on the primary flight control systems of Embraer 145 and ...

The painting “Harbor in Normandy” was completed by Georges Braque in 1909. Braque used oil to paint the image of a harbor on an oil canvas (Kern 45). The subjects of the painting include boats approaching a harbor guided by the light houses from a distance. This is a landscape painting with a spatial sensation. Braque uses this technique to capture the element of expanse space in the large water body. Braque uses forms of lightly painted forms to fill out the landscape. He also uses light shading to complement the dark colors that represent the sky and the light houses. This shading ...

Introduction

This paper discusses inventory management techniques used by firms. It also discusses techniques used by American Airlines to minimize costs and maximize profits.

Inventory management

Inventory management entails the processes and functions responsible for the maintenance, record keeping, reception and delivery of inventory and related products in any given business concern. The inventory management is one of the functions that any business organization should strategically address if is to achieve its profit maximization and costs minimization objectives. Inventory should be managed well so as to incur related management costs in the least way possible. Businesses employ different techniques and approaches in ...

Technology

Wirth (2009) defines the five main ingredients included in a general strategic plan for an organization: (a) mission, (b) positioning paper, (c) strategy, (d) vision and (e) performance measures. IT projects usually have a (a) project charter, (b) project scope, (c) management plan which includes the work breakdown structure (WBS), staffing management plan, resource calendar, and (d) a final assessment report is written at the end of the project to determine what went right and what went wrong. This paper will review the similarities and differences between what is needed for a general strategic plan and what is needed for an Information Technology (IT) strategic plan. IT ...

One security weakness at Aircraft Solutions is with regards to their software and its corresponding policy. In particular, the case study states that customer data such as development models, computer-aided designs, and project information are stored in designated servers. Since the case study did not indicate any software that would serve as the repository, it can be assumed that the files are just saved and stored as they are in directories or folders within the servers. They are not saved in document management systems or versioning systems that will keep track of every version of the files that are ...

The dramatic dynamics to the today’s ideas and cultural practices can be traced back from the explorations and discoveries which took place five centuries ago. The exploration of the new world is driven by curiosity and demand for goods and resources as famine, war and diseases have become inseparable with mankind.

The Darwin’s discovery on origin of species in 1859 opened up anthropology, geology and paleontology. During World War 1, the Germans invented U-boat for breathing in deep submersion and propulsion. They were later standardized into naval warfare ships and diving gears with modern technology e.g. remote ...

Social theories are ideas generated by scholars in attempting to explain the social structures of the society. These theories touch on issues such as religion, crime, education, politics, philosophy and many other aspects of the society. Each theorist has held divergent views on different issues and such scholarly debate is always constructive. Social theories, that attempt to explain the manner in which a society tends to go in a different and repugnant, have been developed by different social theorists. An example of such social phenomena is rationalization developed by the great German sociologist Max Weber. He argues his assertion through his ...

The glider designs of George Cayley and Otto Lilienthal were a far cry from the technological sophistication of space flight, and 19th-century designs established basic principles still present in the design of the space shuttle. Mechanization, which started with the Wright brothers, powered flight, giving substance to the age-old human dream of manned flight. War and the onset of commercial flight produced massive improvements in aeronautical design and logistical advances. In the modern era, the very concept of flight has taken mankind into space and inspired plans for manned space travel.

The Arc of Progress: Flight and the Evolution of Aeronautical Technology

In 1810, British inventor George Cayley published a paper that ...

Boeing Industries: Management and Leadership

Boeing Industries was ranked Number 36 in May, 2011 in the Fortune 500 rankings for businesses. Boeing has become a global giant and it is the biggest aerospace company worldwide. Boeing’s two biggest rivals are Airbus and Lockheed Martin. Airbus holds the Number 1 place for making large commercial jets while Boeing is Number 2. Lockheed Martin is the Number 1 defense contractor and Boeing is Number 2. The reported number of employees in 2011 was 171,700. The reported number of executives was three hundred and seventy nine. (Hoovers.com, para. 1-3)

The public releases from Boeing media most ...

Westjet Airlines was created based on the idea of low cost model that was already practiced by Southwest Airlines. During its startup, the company identified how attractive the opportunities in the air travel industry were. One of the attractive opportunities was the need for cheap air travel options. After a thorough research, the company realized that it could offer low cost air travel services, with a mission of providing extra-ordinary environment for flying. In this industry, the company’s critical success factors are the employees, the customers, and the logistics. Described hereunder is the industry analysis with specific consideration of Social ...

1) In reviewing this case a s a public relations practitioner, identify the legal and ethical dilemmas that Jet Blue faced in seeking to maintain relationships with key publics. 

In dealing with the Steven Slater case, Jet Blue had a very difficult line to toe. On one hand, it needed to be able to demonstrate that it had a staff of highly trained, professional staff on its payroll. On the other hand, Slater's insubordination and rebellion captured the imaginations of jet Blue's client base; it could not simply condemn Slater's actions without seeming a poor sport in the eye of the ...

New and Emerging Technologies that Support Collaboration

Given the social nature of human beings and their need to communicate with each other (Rogers et al., 2007), collaboration devices have been developed to enable people to communicate in a more interactive and collaborative way despite being separated by distance.

As such, experts continue to come up with new technologies to further advance and improve the capabilities of collaboration devices and the user experience they offer.

The following are the new paradigms that have been identified for use in future technologies in the Collaborative Working Environments for Europe (CWE), as reported in the 5th Collaboration@Work Expert Group Report ( ...

Westcost Air Co. leases a single jet aircraft and operates between San Francisco and the Fiji. Flights leave San Francisco on Mondays and Thursdays and depart from Fiji on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Westcost Air Co. cannot offer any more flights between San Francisco and Fiji. Only tourist-class seats are available on its planes. An analyst has collected the following information:

Seating capacity per plane 380 passengers

Average number of passengers per flight 175 passengers

Flights per week 4 flights

Flights per year 208 flights

Average one-way fare $325

Variable fuel costs $14,000 per flight

Food and beverage service costs/passenger $ ...