Essays on Crew

1 of 3: MINI-EXERCISE–Leadership and Flight “666”

Answer 1

Leadership is a person who knows what he aims to achieve and works together with his team so as to achieve it.

Answer 2

The difference between leadership and manipulation lies in authenticity, generosity and transparency. Leaders have these traits but manipulators do not.

Answer 3

Answer 4
Leadership skills are the most important. The skills that leaders hold shape their behaviors, as well as styles of leadership.

Answer 5

There is the inheritance of leadership skills. Inheritance is explained by the fact that families produce kings and leaders for a long time and they are groomed Continue reading...

Introduction

Many people are affected by maritime safety. A safe and efficient shipping network determines a significant part of the global population safety. The international management code for the safe operation of ships and pollution prevention (ISM code) was adopted in 1993 and was made compulsory in 1998. This code sets up safety-management goals and calls for safety management system to be established by the ship-owners or ship managers. Further, the company is required to develop a way of achieving the set goals; which include making available necessary resources required to offer support for the set objectives. The code also Continue reading...

The black box is a flight or aircraft data recorder. It mainly collects and gathers the flight parameters information and stores them as evidence in the case of a plane crash. It is a technology that each and every corporate jet or commercial airplane should be equipped with.

Origin of the Technology.

The technology was discovered in Australia by Dr. David Warren. The technology began in 1952. Warren worked on the information and built up of the black box in Aeronautical research laboratories, in Melbourne. He argued that it was necessary for recording all the aircraft crew discussion. His view was to help Continue reading...

PEOPLE:

Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897, to a lawyer's family. Her love for aircraft came during the World War I. Amelia was a nurse in the hospital next to the airfield. Not long before the round the world flight Earhart wrote that her two biggest desires were: to be the first woman in transatlantic flight (at least as a passenger) and the first woman-pilot to cross the Atlantic. Both her wishes came true. In June 1928, she flew from the U.S. to England, as passenger. And then four years later, May 20, 1932, she has repeated Continue reading...

Integrated Marketing Communication: Easy Jet

Executive Summary
UK airline industry is one of the most advanced in the global market with a number of the globally leading operators. The industry is highly competitive and marked by local and international airlines which accounts for the creation of more than 220,000 jobs. (BATA, 2014) However, the market is subject to several factors including technological advance, economic factors variation, social preferences and lifestyles changes, political factors, environmental regulations as well as legal requirements. Those factors set industry trends and determine the industry dynamics including increasing competition, operation’s efficiency and wider market reach as well as Continue reading...

Moby-Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville tells a story of Captain Ahab's voyage who is in pursuit of a great white whale. Stubb, Flask and Starbuck are three mates of Pequod; they are in pursuit of a whale as they seek to revenge following the order given by Ahab the captain. This paper will focus on Flask and Starbuck, considering that the two have differing personalities and attitudes apparent from the story, this paper will essentially compare the two characters: their attitudes and actions.
Stubb the first mate of Pequot is portrayed to be a person who approaches Continue reading...

Research paper

Educational institution

Introduction

Globalization has made a significant contribution both socially and economically. Although, the focus was mainly on the socio-economic impacts of globalization, it is important to consider globalization from the cultural point of view. Since the 80’s in 20th century, Hollywood has been putting a lot of efforts in promoting strategies toward globalization, through which Hollywood movies have virtually reached each and every corner of the planet in an unprecedented speed and scale. Globalization in Hollywood films portray the inevitable result of globalization of world economy, where the “Chinese elements”, in particular, have become an epitome in Continue reading...

Industry Paper

Application of the Crew Resource Management (CRM) Concepts, Philosophies, and Application in the Health Care Industry
Introduction
The aviation industry has been using the Crew Resource Management (CRM) program to improve air safety through reducing the number of fatal accidents caused by human error. The Crew Resource Management (CRM) is, therefore, a group of tools and techniques that can be used by the team to reduce error in human performance. Many other industries that are affected by error in humans have borrowed from the aviation industry and adopted the Crew Resource Management (CRM) concepts, philosophies, and application. The foundation Continue reading...

Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (1994) was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court in 2001, and was an extremely important decision regarding copyright fair use.
The case was based on a copyright infringement dispute over the song “Pretty Woman,” written and registered for copyright protection in 1964 by Roy Orbison, and famously associated with the motion picture of the same name. In 1989, the music group 2 Live Crew created a version of “Pretty Woman” which used the title lyrics and the opening instrumental riff of Orbison’s song.
Originally, 2 Live Crew (and the group’s Continue reading...

1.0 Executive Summary
The majority of transporting companies optimize their clients with competitive rates, shorter transport durations, protection of goods, and convenience delivery. Nelson Transport SA shares its objectives many of its competing transport with the aforementioned criteria. Nelson Transport SA specializes in the transport of letters and furniture throughout Switzerland, but currently letter courier is the dominant service. Nelson prefers to stay streamlined with courier and trucking as they find these realms more profitable and better potential for business growth in the transporting industry. Nelson is expanding its vehicular capacity to suit the needs of customer orders, bulk Continue reading...

In spite of the fact that significant milestones have been made in airline technology, cases of many commercial airlines landing on the wrong airports continue to be on the rise. Although cases of commercial aircraft landing on the wrong airfield are not very common, this does not imply that they are unheard of in the United States. Commercial flights in the United States landed or began to land erroneously in other airports several times in the last two decades. However, the actual figures could be higher than the ones reported by the media and the relevant authorities. There are Continue reading...

Why It Is Bad for Air Canada Monopoly in Air Business in Canada

Introduction
Since the Canadian Airline was bankrupted in 2001, thus Air Canada became the only giant airline in Canada and monopoly in the air business for over a decade. According to the Air Canada’s Annual Information Form 2012 that Air Canada occupied approximately 55% market share of domestic air business and 37% for international flights (excludes flights to the US) departure from Canada (Air Canada’s Annual Information Form, 2012). However, throughSkytrax servers that the Air Canada show low satisfaction for its services due to incredible high price, poor staff services and maintenance and high frequently delay even Continue reading...

Introduction

The movie Apollo 13 is based on the true account of the unfortunate Apollo mission of NASA. The movie opens with Astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) who is enjoying a party to celebrate the success of Apollo 11 lunar mission. The story subsequently revolves to tell the tale of the third mission of landing in the moon which would be led by Astronaut Jim Lovell, Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) lunar module driver and Kevin Bacon as Jack Swivert, who is the command module pilot. The mission is smooth until the crew is threatened due to the explosion of an Continue reading...

Introduction

A lot of things can happen to a ship after it has departed from a seaport and left to travel against the waves of the ocean on its own. This is where the purpose of maritime safety and risk management comes in. Its purpose is to educate officers and crew members of a ship on how to react to certain risks, or in the worst case scenario a certain crisis. In general, the objective of a maritime safety and risk management is to ensure that the current maritime risk does not escalate into a crisis, and if it already Continue reading...

Abstract

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one of the most fascinating and well-known poems by the famed English poet, becoming one of the bastions of British Romantic literature through its immense lyricism and use of metaphor. The poem deals with themes of the violation of nature, the encroaching threat of the Orient and its strangeness on European culture, as well as the stifling nature of guilt, all contributing to a multi-faceted and pluralistic tale that deals with the breadth of human experience.

Proposal

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one Continue reading...

In this presentation, I will be making a presentation to the court seeking an arrest warrant against one Damien Jones following the murder of Paul “Shorty” Alcorn. I have sufficient evidence to enable me to present a prima facie case against the said accused person. That evidence ranges from police reports regarding the homicide, police reports regarding the robbery with violence; we have forensic reports and also the analysis of the forensic reports. In the analysis of the forensic reports, we will be looking at the various pieces of evidence including documentary evidence. We also have the various property Continue reading...

Aliens Films (1979-1997)

What is the significance of events in films? Are all the bits and pieces in films intentionally included by directors? These are some of the questions I asked myself as I set out on a comprehensive analysis of the audience message in the Aliens Films (1979-1997). According to film analyst Greg Smith, different events in films are not to be treated as accidental encounters of random occurrence and spontaneity. They are instead purposefully planned series of events with cause and effect and with nothing left to chance (Greg 128). Greg explains that Hollywood films are inadvertently one of the Continue reading...

Stuck in Stereotypes

It is difficult to go for a day without hearing a stereotype which may be negative or positive. According to McLeod (1), a stereotype can be defined as a fixed and over generalized belief concerning a particular class or group of people. Research indicates that stereotypes exist of different cultures, races, ethnic groups, nations and even individual behaviors. People often get stuck in stereotypes because their use simplifies the social world in a major way. Mcleod (1) observes that they reduce the amount of thinking or processing that one has to do when he or she meets a new Continue reading...

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was more successful as a writer and traveler than he was as a conquisidator. He was an early explorer, exploring the New World hailing from Spain, as well as a protoanthropological author. He was born in Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz in the year 1490 into a wealthy family. Orphaned at a very early age, Cabeza grew up under care of his maternal aunt. Pedro de Vera, his grandfather, had conquered the Canary Islands and would serve a large shadow in Cabeza de Vaca’s ambitions in ‘the new world’ America. His name cabeza Continue reading...

Introduction

In this assignment, we will be taking examples of publicly traded companies from the aviation sector. In the case of company that has acquired another company, and also operates internationally, we will take the example of United Airlines. It has recently taken over its rival Continental Airlines. In the case of an airline that does not have a history of mergers and acquisitions, and operations solely with the U.S., we will be taking the example of Southwest Airlines.

Evaluation of Strategy behind the Merger of United and Continental

According to , the United Airlines was forces to merge with the Continental Airlines due to lack of robust strategic planning. Briefly Continue reading...

Literature

In Chapter 3, George, in Ninety Percent of Everything, writes about the life of seafarers from the 1900s to the present. In bringing to life the world of the seafarers of the 1900s, George writes that there was so much at stake before the advent of technology. Who would have thought that life at sea could have been so tough, when all people do, is talk about the adventure and pleasure of travel that is associated with it. This, she says, is far from true. Carrying cargo from one corner of the earth to the other involved a lot Continue reading...

Management – Maritime Administration

Introduction 3

Benefits and Challenges Associated with Port State Control 5
Port State Control MOU 8
Discussion and Comparison of various existing port State control MOUs 11
MOUs and whether they help strengthen Port State Control or just another layer of bureaucracy 12
Conclusions 14

References 16

Introduction
The International Maritime Organization is one of the many branches formed after the birth of the United Nations. It was originally known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization when it was first established in Geneva in 1948; the International Maritime Organization (IMO) retained that name until 1982 when several amendments to the organization’ Continue reading...

Homer, the stalwart figure in the history of literature of the world, made his mark in his seminal work, The Odyssey, which has passed the test of time and has got engraved in the verses of immortality all over the globe for its literary excellence and quintessence. The cinematic adaptation of the epic was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and it released in the year 1997. Odysseus is a man of paramount strength, but relies on his brains than his brawns. The perseverance of the human soul and loyalty are all the various facets of human emotions which the epic Continue reading...

Introduction

Fire accidents cause a lot of damages including loss lives and property. Fires can be prevented through improving the building process, and through preventive measures. One Meridian Plaza fire is one of the most significant fires that have affected Highrise buildings in the United States’ history. The fire caused a loss of three firefighters, destroyed eight floors of a 38-storey building, and loss of property worth hundreds of millions of US dollars. This paper will focus on the causes of the fire, and the issues that were not taken into consideration while the building was constructed. By considering these Continue reading...

Introduction

Ever since man discovered that wood could float in water, he has endeavored to build sophisticated vessels that would make sea travel as safe as possible. However, numerous centuries of innovation have not produced an entirely fool proof vessel. A total conquest of the sea is far from near. It is noteworthy to note in the same breath that sea transport is getting safer and faster, when contrasted against the situation within the last few decades (Abulafia). The pursuit for continual improvement in maritime transport has been sustained by the unending pace of globalization. While there has been a Continue reading...

Introduction

Most of the people go the cinema really often. They drive theirs cars to the desired movie theatres, maybe stand in the line to get tickets, head to the bar, and then finally find themselves in comfortable seats, waiting to be immersed by another story. Yet, I bet few of them know of numerous detailed and complex patterns which lie behind that immersion – and who exactly executes them. Essentially, these patterns sprout from the director’s vision of the film, production designer’s creative contribution to it, and are supported by the work of the art director. These elements Continue reading...

- So this is the ship they say is unsinkable.
- It is unsinkable. God himself could not sink this ship.
Every once in a while the conversations with friends or newly met acquaintances turn to favorite movies. Every once in a while “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion comes on radio or music TV channel. Every once in a while close people talk about how true love never dies and how legends are never forgotten. And every single time Titanic is mentioned like a strongly attached, inseparable, and ultimate representation of the above mentioned categories, ever-present and Continue reading...

The horror of the Piper Alpha disaster happened about two decades ago. Explosion and fire ripped through the Piper Alpha oil production platform in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. About 167 workers were killed as a result of the Piper Alpha Disaster.
Several investigations were made but most of them were hindered by a lack of physical evidence. However, an eye-witness account made it known that light hydrocarbon got released into the surrounding when a pump was restarted after maintenance. On that terrible day, the day shift maintenance crew were said to be on some of Continue reading...

Abstract

This report will discuss the varied, ever changing film industry with a motive of seeking a career path in the industry. Based upon primary and secondary research and first hand experiences of interviewed professionals from the industry, the job role and career path as a director will be explored. Considering economic, social and technological factors, film industry’s future trend will be assessed.

Key Aspects of Filmmaking

The film industry is largely a combination of institutions that educate about filmmaking and its allied areas, organizations, production companies, professionals with various skill sets like acting, screenplay, script writing, directing, etc. One common activity is Continue reading...

The Supreme Court of the United States

Joseph Oncale, Petitioner v. Sundowner Offshore Services,
Incorporated, et al No. 96-568
December, 3 1997, Argued
Type of Action
It was a civil suit on employment law involving case of discrimination.
Facts of the Case
In October 1991, Joseph Oncale (the Petitioner) was working on a Chevron USA Incorporated oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, for a company called Sundowner Offshore Service. He is one of the roustabouts in a crew of eight. While in employment, he alleged that on several occasions he was subjected to humiliating actions that were sex-related by his colleagues and in the presence Continue reading...

Space travel involves sending manned and unmanned spacecrafts into the low orbits of the earth and space. Space travel has helped in the exploration of life on other planets such as Mars. Landing on the moon in 1968 was a major milestone in space travel which paved the way for manned space missions. This is a paper on space exploration. Special focus is given to the history, benefits, costs, and requirements for space travel.
Studies in space rocket development occurred in three countries simultaneously. Three scientists championed rocket engine development and these were Konstantin Tsiolkovski of Russia, Robert Goddard Continue reading...

Despite the heavy turbulent events for most airlines in the past few decades, Southwest airlines has been able to not only stay but flourish in the US market because it has thrived in the management of its people. As an airline that is found in most major cities in the US, it is not the only airline, which offers flying services at low cost, but very few can match its services. Southwest is an airline that started in the early 1970s and had a steady growth since then. It certainly is a successful airline because if it not, it Continue reading...

Introduction

Founded in 2003, Etihad Airways is the second largest airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), next to Emirates airlines. Operating over 1,000 flights weekly to 96 destinations all across the world, Etihad is a cargo/passenger airline, generating revenues of $4.8 billion and a net profit of $42 million (Etihad Airways, 2011). The current mission of the company is to become the world's best airline company by giving passengers a unique experience of hospitality that exudes the generosity and warmth of the Arabian culture. It understands its responsibility as a corporate citizen in the community and the environment, Continue reading...

Background of the Titanic

The Titanic carried 2,227 people before the ship sank. The sinking of the ship can be attributed to the negligence of the captain of the ship. Before the occurrence of the instance, the titanic ship was warned six times of sea ice on 14 April but unfortunately, it travelled at a maximum speed towards the sighted iceberg. After it approached the region, the captain’s efforts did not work since titanic failed to turn quickly as it was required.
It was not until the captains of the ship realized that the ship was to starting to sink than Continue reading...

Just like anyone else, all characters in a story have their own historical background and information regarding their pasts. This information is usually very important in understanding their traits and their current lives. Therefore such information assist readers understand a specific story. This is what is referred to as exposition. Generally it can be defined as the historical background touching on the characters and setting in a given story usually at the beginning of the story. The major information is usually occurrences that took place before the story was initiated. Therefore it is usually the initial part of the Continue reading...

Gallery 155 at the Metropolitan museum of Art showcases Athenian Art, mostly vases with black figures that depict scenes from Mythology and actual life in Athens. Also in display are helmets, vests and knives from 7th century BC. While the vases are descriptive with exquisite painting of scenes from mythology, the bronze artifacts are rather telling of the war they were used for. The helmets, the body vests and the knives, although old and rusty are in good shape and can tell the viewer about the size of the person who used it. The fact that they survived this Continue reading...

What with the advent of CGI and other forms of computer animation, it is now almost impossible to tell what is real and what is computerized in movies. Taking a look back at movies made in earlier times can sometimes leave those films open to ridicule, unless one takes the time to consider the technology that was available when those movies were made. One example would be the original version of Clash of the Titans. From a modern point of view, the doddering movements of the Kraken and other creatures, as well as the wavering flight of the enchanted Continue reading...

Executive summary of the case

The case study starts with a brief history of Mc Donald’s; how it came into being. McDonald’s “competency center” in each country uses their acquired to knowledge to innovate and develop strategies for growth of the company. The case focuses on the company’s Switzerland strategy. In 2001, McDonald’s diversified into hotel industry in Switzerland by setting up two hotels in Zurich and Lully. The hotels were operated under the brand name of "Golden Arch Hotel”. They were positioned as 4 stared hotels that were highly modern and technologically advanced in terms of interiors of the Continue reading...

2. Relationship between storytelling and religion in Life of Pi
With one voice, logicians and researchers through scholarly history have avowed the key relationships that exist between storytelling and religion. Basing on the relationship exuded between storytelling and religion, Martel wants the readers to emancipate the Life of Pi through a contemptuous perspective, whereby they can decide to have faith in it at the desired rate, almost as one can choose to trust in God because it is a common stance in the society (thesis). The young man, Patel, grasps this motivation in different sectors. He turns into a Continue reading...

Introduction

The Laramie Project is bounded upon the presentation of how and why hate crime is committed by individuals supposedly having particular negative disposition with regards controversial issues and culture that binds the society. The movie presents the case of Matthew Shepard being beaten to death because of being ‘gay’. However, beyond this theme, there is more to the story that is shared in the movie. It mostly depicts the overall conjunction that distinguishes how social culture could dictate the ways by which humans would perceive the severity of a particular issue and how these matters would actually affect them Continue reading...