Essays on Pilots

Introduction

At present, the global positioning system (GPS) has helped in pinpointing locations and routes, saving time, providing fuel efficiency for aircrafts, and improving pilot performance. However, pilots and traffic controllers have commented on the lack of more accurate data and functionalities. Experts have also noted that GPS has a long way to go to make air traffic controllers more efficient in ensuring safe air traffic. With new technology being introduced in everyday activities, software developers and aircraft manufacturers will be able to introduce a more effective GPS in the near future (Wickens et al., 1998).

Purpose of the research

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Introduction

A DC –9, twin-engine plane belonging to ValuJet, a fast rising Airline Company crashes into a swamp and kills everybody on board. This includes the pilots, 105 passengers, and the flight attendants. It is a terrible scene to witness such a scenario especially considering that flights are the safest mode of transport. The term safety is, however, relative when it comes to an accident where almost everybody in the plane is killed thus making it tragic (Langewiesche, 1998). Despite the tragedies that come with plane crashes, the amount of seriousness given to it at the time of occurrence is ...

The Greek islands have many opportunities for travelers, and it has become one of the most sought-after vacation spots in the world. These islands are historic for their beauty, with many worldwide travelers coming here for centuries for what th”ey believe to be healing properties. Recent visitors may or may not believe in healing waters or sun powers, but they are interested in a chance to be spoiled, get away, and enjoy the island’s vast natural offerings, as well as the luxuries of the sister islands and the ocean. Mykonos, part of the Cyclades island chain, is ...

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Introduction

Technology advancement is a requirement for all public systems where users come in large numbers. One such critical functioning system is the Air Traffic Control system of the America. America’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) system had been running for the past 40 years and catering to the burgeoning traffic at the airports. At any given time in the United States, approximately 7000 aircraft are flying in the country’s airspace. The country’s air traffic system had been catering to the ever increasing demand. However, it ...

The Responsibilities of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

FAA is an independent national authority based in the United States that controls all civil aviation. Among its responsibilities include, controlling the commercial state transportation in America. It has the mandate of providing licenses to facilitate the launch of the commercial space facilities (James, 2013). FAA equally regulates the private launching of the space payloads. The agency is also responsible for the development of air traffic control and navigation and ensuring their operation to accommodate both the military and civil aircraft (James, 2013). FAA runs flight service stations, airport towers, and air route control centers and thus are capable ...

Once the U.S. entered World War II, the nation created female versions of the militarysuch as the WAACs. Who were the women and what were the different branches of the services’ versions of the WAACs. Who were the aircraft “ferry” pilots and what did they do? Who was “Rosie the Riveter”? The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was all-volunteer woman organization, it is often referred to as a woman branch or US Army, but initially it was actually Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), which is an auxiliary organization that is not a part of US Army. Despite that fact ...

The Mars Climate Orbiter: A Multimillion Dollar Mistake

The Story Grossman (1999) addresses the incident of NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter in her article named “Metric Math Mistake Muffed Mars Meteorology Mission”. She explains how a simple unit conversion mistake caused the Orbiter to burn up in the Martian atmosphere. The vessel costed NASA a whopping $125 million when it vanished into the Martian atmosphere. The problem, later identified by a NASA review board, owed to a software glitch. The software was used to calculate the thrust in “pounds of force” while the other software took the input in “newtons”. This happened due to the fact that ...

Introduction

Delta Airlines is an international Service corporation that was incorporated in 1934. Initially, Delta focused its activities on the transport of agricultural produce but as it grew and expanded it adopted other market strategies. Essentially, Delta headquarter is based in Atlanta and it operates a fleet of more than 700 aircrafts and a worldwide population of more than 80000 employees (Sky team, 2016). The company targets over 160million customers annually, and a range of 350 destinations in over 60 countries (Sky team, 2016). The services offered by the airline include a world class airline loyalty program, sky miles frequent ...

BUSINESS

Several airplane crashes have become a part of aviation history but this one that took place about four decades ago is still regarded as one of the most horrifying air plane crash in which more than six hundred people lost their lives. The crash took place at the Tenerife airport which is located in the region of Atlantic. It has never been a popular place before this plane crash of history. Tenerife is governed by the Spanish government and it is situated some hundred or more miles from the Moroccan coast. The airport is a small one and is ...

Simulation in Nursing Education

The concept of simulation in healthcare education has been since the time of world II. The basic concepts of simulation in associate’s or bachelor’s nursing program comprised of CPR manikins, role playing, static manikins, and conventional techniques based on the utilization of various taught concepts were used as a teaching modality since over 5 decades (Norman J. 2012). The concept of high-fidelity education has been in place for over 2 decades but it is new and unique in the nursing education. The process involves the use of simulation with the help of high-end computer technology including simulation ...

SYSTEM SAFETY ENGINEERING

Question #1 What are some possible negative outcomes of having replaced older electromechanical controls with computerized and digitalized controls? Before the era of computerized and digital controls, electromechanical controls were widely used. The switch from electromechanical controls to the computer and digital controls were motivated by the advantages the latter controls offered. For example, computerized and digitized controls not only offer a greater flexibility but also the ability to reprogram them dynamically when there is a need to change utility operation characteristics (Willis, 2004). Despite their disadvantages, computerized and digitalized controls have been found to play a key role ...

The crash of Air France 447 is considered the biggest disaster ever to hit Air France and Airbus since the beginning of their venture into this industry. All of the 228 passengers and crew of the flight were killed in this accident (Palmer, 2013). Due to the delay in the recovery of the black box from the ocean bed, the investigations and final report, published by BEA, took nearly three years for completion (Jonathan, 2011). The final investigation revealed that the accident occurred due to the inconsistent data indicated by the FMC (Flight Management Computer System) regarding the fluid ...

Abstract

Blue Coral Copters Inc. is on a course of gaining prominence. However, such moves may be thwarted if the current, below par safety measures are put in place. Eminently, the organization is faced with an avoidable tragedy, which can be avoided through simple revision of the current security measures. Just like Blue Coral Copters, agencies in the service industry prosper today based on the safety precautions that they offer to their stakeholders. Thus, the much-needed prosperity at Blue Coral Copters Inc. may only be realized if the organization takes new steps in re-engineering their safety measures. From the assertions ...

Introducing

Begun in 1987, Red Bull is a Thai-Austrian company that currently sells the world-famous Red Bull energy drink. The company itself was founded by the Austrian Dietrich Mateschitz, who was inspired by the drinks that are common in places like Thailand (Red Bull 2016). The first Red Bull energy drink—that is, the drink that is commonly recognized today, rather than the earlier iterations of the drink—was first sold in 1987. Red Bull is commonly considered to be the world’s first real targeted “energy drink,” and remains a powerful figurehead in the market to this day. According ...

Registering drones in the United States

Flying drones can be funny. In fact, it is a hobby for most of the United States citizens. People are buying drones at a high rate as they are all over the internet and can be accessed easily online. However, most of the users of these drones do not register with relevant authority, putting the security of the air users into deep danger. Most pilots have expressed their fear on the increased unmanned aircraft in the air. Not only the pilots have expressed their fears but also passengers. According to On Point radio, there are some people who will ...

Introduction

Maintaining ethical principles is essential to the success of any transportation unit. In fact, lack thereof compromises the stability of any nation due to the casualties likely to emerge from the accidents. Over the years, a lot of controversies about aviation ethics have surfaced due to safety concerns experienced in the flight departments. Precisely, meeting the demands of the Air Transportation Compliance while dealing with cargo and passengers in the airline has been challenging. According to the International Journal of Aviation Systems, Operations, and Training, ethics in aviation is an underlying philosophy that guides the flight personnel to do ...

Aviation terrorism is the act of unleashing violence on airliners with the aim to harm or intimidate the victims. The occurrence of terrorism has increased with the rise of aviation as a mode of transport. The first known incident of air terrorism was carried out in 1930 by Peruvian insurgents who hijacked an airplane to scatter propaganda leaflets. This practice subsided in the subsequent two decades due to the effect of global factors such as world war two. Modern terrorism started in 1968 when three Palestinian gunmen hijacked a passenger airline of the Israeli Airline El Al on a ...

The use of drones in warfare has become increasingly questionable in its morality. Though using drones exhibit a way to minimize casualties, the very act of indiscriminate destruction caused by these drones have been criticized. Drones have allowed for the killing of people at a more discreet and maneuverable manner. The very people who have piloted these drones appear to be the ones most traumatized by these acts. These pilots show signs of PTSD caused by their murder of innocent people who are casualties caused by collateral damage. The problem with drones or with any other kinds of air ...

Gender bias goes against the growing spirit of women. With females scaling heights in almost every field, subtle forms of discrimination as glass ceiling obliterate the very nature of a transparent and healthy business ambiance. While the induction of three women combat pilots for the first time in Indian Air Force speaks of their grit, changing entrepreneurial landscape in the America and the rest of the world well reflects the growing potential of the fairer sex. Ironically, a significant gender gap still exists in employer firms despite increasing numbers of women as owners of small businesses. In addition to ...

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Sebastian Mikosz Chief Executive Officer LOT Polish Airlines S.A. ul.17 Stycznia 43Warszawa 02-146

Dear Mr. Sebastian Mikosz,

With reference to your advertisement on Pilot Career Centre website, I am interested in applying for the position of a Pilot in command. I am thirty four years old and I am currently working as a junior co-pilot in Lufthansa German Airlines and therefore I have experience working with personnel. My responsibilities included making calculations and monitoring the atmospheric condition as well as calculating the plane’s distance abilities according to the weight of the fuel, cargo and passengers. I have a ...

Although globalization and integration processes in today’s society favor and encourage race, ethnicity, nationality, religion and gender equality, people will always identify themselves as representatives of a certain social group. One’s beliefs, attitudes and ideas about gender have always been a result of his or her personal experience, childhood, education and of course, parents’ influence and authority. It has been traditionally assumed that gender segregation in labor and education signal some kind of gender discrimination and tendency to define some professions as male ones and others – as the women’s types of occupation. It is also worth ...

Abstract

The paper explores the research on the global pilot shortage in aviation, in relation to human resource management on the sector and airport industries affairs as the area of concern. Consequently, it also evaluates how the industry safety is compromised, resulting in few airlines benefiting commercially (Jehn, 2009). Also, it points out the distinct sectors of the airline industry as major carriers and regional affiliates in regard to their individual efficiency on pilot’s employment.

Background Introduction

The impact of shortage in trained pilots and efforts to keep the cockpits staffed to meet the passenger demands for flights is discussed in ...

Executive Summary

Video gamers have been with the society for a while, and they are associated with certain positive implications for individuals who play them. Video games enhance social skills since they can be used as a bonding activity and people interact over the internet when playing video games. Video games also improve social confidence which improves social interactions between individuals. Learning of subjects such as mathematics can also be enhanced by playing video games. Soldiers, surgeons and pilots can also improve their performance at work by engaging in video games. Management skills such as strategic management, planning and decision making ...

Section

A commercial flight or a common carrier one is expected to exercise the highest degree of care in its undertaking, in contrast to contract carrier operators who are only expected to perform their duties with the care expected from an average person. Thus, to prove that it is not liable, it has to show that indeed it exercised extraordinary diligence. Is the assumption of risk defense available to an airline to defend against lawsuits brought by injured passengers or the survivors of passengers killed in an airline crash? Why? No. the reason behind this is anchored on statistical evidence. ...

Lessons Learnt

I read three aviation related accidents and I was able to learn something new from each of the accidents. These lessons will help me in my future career as a pilot. There are some things that need to be done so as to prevent avoidable aviation accidents. The three accidents had different causes. All future pilots need to study some aviation related accidents so that they can learn from the mistakes made by other pilots. These lessons will enable me to avoid aviation related accidents in my future career as a pilot. The first case IAD96LA072 was where the ...

Introduction to Meteorology

Introduction to Meteorology

General Overview of Weather-related Accidents For every accident investigation attributed to a weather-related factor, NTSB was able to attach a subject modifier to the individual weather condition. This is because a single accident may be linked to several weather phenomena hence resulting in a citation of several subject modifiers for a single accident. For the purpose of this paper, several subject modifiers were amalgamated into one weather phenomenon for example under the category of wind; the paper includes reports whereby the NTSB was more specific on dust whirlwind, sudden wind shift, high wind, and crosswind as ...

One of the heartbreaking truths about World War 1 was that millions of innocent men needlessly died because civilian and military leaders were slow in changing their war strategies and effectively employing new technologies. Thus, the war typified a fight between an inefficient nineteenth century warfare which witnessed lot of casualties on both sides, and a twentieth century technology-driven battle in which many decisive technologies were tested. As for America, the trend of industrialism and mass production of machineries and war equipments had begun fifty years prior to the onset of the war during the American Civil War. With ...

What insights do the Lange's and the stories by actual women who lived during the Depression give you about women's lives and roles in the Great Depression? Answer. The insights given by Lange’s pictures and other stories from women who lived during the era of great depression explain the plight of women when they were not able to comply with the sudden loss of their jobs and source of income (Pehlan,"The Story of the Migrant Mother"). The great depression eroded the business and associated employment with them but the women were not only victimized of the economic ...

Safety of the Airline Industry

The issue of safety in the airline industry is a major factor based on the federal aviation regulations. The safety precautions that the airline undertakes is critical in ensuring the safety of the passengers. The observation of the safety precautions is essential in having the people get the expected services. Evaluating the difference between the federal aviation regulations, specifically part 117 and 121 will be vital in assessing the effects of the precautionary measures taken in the management of safety issues while individuals are on board. Allowing operations of flights by medically approving the health of the people. With ...

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S Navy’s Finest Hour serves as a chronicle of the Battle of Samar. The author, James Hornsfischer referred to this battle as the ultimate upset in the naval warfare history. The author brilliantly combined the different accounts from official reports and firsthand witnesses of the warfare that occurred in the Gulf of Leyte. Despite being the underdog during the encounter, the ‘tin cans’ of the American forces were able to overcome the overwhelming forces of the Japanese military. It was on January ...

Question 1

Virgin Galactic is the first space line in the world that owns and runs privately built spaceships. The company plans to be the pioneer in commercializing space travel and offering ordinary people a unique opportunity of going into history as the first ever non-professional astronauts. Its main competitor is the Blue Origin, which has already attained a spectacular achievement in pioneering the first rocket booster to make a safe trip back to earth from space (The Economist, 2015). Virgin Galactic plans to use its massive resources and synergistic effects from the Virgin Group umbrella to beat its competitor in ...

Introduction

A light sport aircraft (LSA) is a plane that is characterized by its small size, flight simplicity, and restrictions regarding weight and performance. LSAs have become increasingly popular in recent years as a result of low cost, low fuel consumption, and decreased pilot experience requirements. This has made them aircrafts of choice for flight schools as well as private owners. The aviation requirements for regional pilots to have served for a certain minimum number of flight hours before applying for private pilot certificate has contributed to LSAs providing grounds for building flight hours for those willing to pursue a ...

Introduction

Passengers aged over fifty years often develop Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)during prolonged flights. The development of DVT among passengers is well documented but is not often experienced by pilots flying commercial aircraft; however, there are a few cases where pilots have developed DVT in the course of duty.The potential liability of airlines is much more expounded with respect to claims arising from injuries caused to passengers without any sort of monetary limitation. In order to address the problem and help balance the liability to a proper proportion, the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International ...

ABSTRACT

Pilot uniforms, particularly in the commercial airline industry, conveys professionalism, competence, and experience. However, historically, uniforms started as a component of safety in aviation, which relied not just in their protective functions but as well in their capability to protect combat pilots from the natural elements of extreme heat and cold, particularly during the era of open cockpits. Protective flight clothing has evolved significantly through decades and even centuries. The sophisticated development in protected flight clothing, however, failed to influence adaption in the civil air transport industry. Using grounded theory through archival literature analysis, the Capstone Project revealed advantages ...

Literature Review Assignment

Literature Review Assignment

Introduction

Among all the main modes of transportation, most individuals prefer to travel by air transportation or airplanes. The air travel stays as a large and growing industry and it facilitates tourism, economic growth, international investment, world trade, and is vital to the globalization of many industries. However, incidents of midair collisions that involved commercial planes called the attention of the public. In this event, the United States is promoting aviation safety. The influence of the American government is experienced in all areas of aviation from certifying the aircraft airworthiness, providing funds and establishing standards for the ...

Two offensive operations undertaken by Germany in Ardennes at the beginning and at the end of the WWII in Europe were conceived and executed under very different conditions and resulted in a totally opposite outcome. The 1940 campaign against the allies was an undisputed triumph of the German Blitzkrieg concept. The 1945 offensive was a desperate and illogical move of a leader that had lost touch with reality. The outcome of both actions was pre-determined by the preceding political, military and economic events. The leadership on both sides played an important role as well. Overall, it is safe to ...

Abstract

This report highlights the procedure and intent of conducting Line Operation Safety Audit (LOSA) for airline companies. This audit is carried out to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of safety management systems in airlines. In the light of its findings, airline management could clearly see the scope of improvement in complying with required safety standards and regulations. Flight crews could also judge their performance and improvise their skills to strengthen safety envelope. This report will briefly present the procedure and characteristics of LOSA. The report covers all essential elements of LOSA. Firstly, introduction to LOSA is provided containing it's ...

Pilot Medical Privacy Laws and Germanwings Flight Crash

The crash of Germanwings flight 9525 en route from Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Spain to Dusseldorf Airport in Germany, which caused the death of 144 passengers and 6 crew members, is considered to be one of the grimmest aircraft crashes in European flight history. The sad reality of this event was that this mishap was caused by the deliberate attempts of a deranged co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, who was being treated for suicidal tendencies and was also declared “unfit for work” by his doctor. The initial investigations done by the BEA (French Land Transport Accident Investigation Bureau) revealed that the ...

People have dreamed of flying since ancient times. The Legend about Daedalus and Icarus, images of Egyptian, Roman, and Assyrian gods, and extant writings about different experiments and scientific thoughts reflect the desire of humans to become closer to the sky. In the United States, history of aviation starts with the day when brothers Wright built a plane and made in it the first flight ever. That happened at the beginning of the twentieth century, and since then, the American aviation had undergone significant changes and had become one of the most developed in the world. How did the ...

Overrun Accident of The American Airlines Flight 1420

Abstract The American Airlines accident Flight 1420 is identified as a runway overrun accident. The National Transportation Safety Board conducted an investigation to find the cause. This project is primarily focused on the human factor issue that might have caused the accident. The project explored the Human Factor Analysis and Classification System and used the Swiss Cheese Model to link the chain of events to determine the cause of the accident. The Human Factor Analysis and Classification System was used by the National Transportation Safety Board to analyze the human factors issues within American Airlines Flight 1420. This system ...

Introduction

This is a story of a life-threatening situation that involved the redesigning of a fighter plane during the world war II. The story relates to the rental car due to the reason of how hard it is for someone to control a rental car controls due to the unfamiliarity of the cars control board hence the naming of the incident. The incident involved the pilot Dan Bowman, who found himself in a life-threatening situation when an air raid by the Japanese planes there were fighter planes on the ground that could have been easy targets for the Japanese hence ...

Instituion

1. What is the potential impact of supersonic transports (SSTs) on the ozone layer? An alarming ozone loss has been reported in the past decades, and studies showed that this global problem is attributed largely to human activities. Advancement in technology resulted in the development of high-speed air transport that are economically competitive compared to other forms of aircrafts. There is, however, the associated risk that supersonic transports can impact in the destruction of the ozone layer due to the large amount of atmospheric pollution that it emits. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology carried a study on the possible ...