Bonfires to Beacons: Federal Civil Aviation Policy under the Air Commerce Act, 1926-1938

Analysis of Mid-air Collisions in Civil Aviation

Mid Air Collisions (MAC) are tragic events, with the potential of multiple fatalities. Despite the improving trends in aviation safety, the rate of MAC has remained stable for the past few years. There is an absence of published literature on MAC and related human performance issues. Consequently, this study analyzed 79 mid air collisions in civil aviation in the United States from 1994 to 1999...

Federal Aviation Agency

PTSD in railroad drivers under the Federal employers' liability act.

Railroad and subway drivers can experience psychological trauma when trains strike or nearly miss other trains, motor vehicles, or persons or become instruments of death. Derailments, collisions, and suicides on the tracks can induce feelings of helplessness, horror, guilt, and anxiety in the drivers. Although some drivers experience acute stress disorder (ASD) or post-traumatic stress disorder...

Protecting Civil Aviation from Cyberattacks

Cybersecurity is a growing concern for civil aviation, although the significance of reports in May that a computer security researcher hacked into aircraft control systems while flying as a passenger aboard commercial jets is still unclear. The probe into the alleged hacking incidents unfolded just weeks after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Transportation Security Administrat...

Optimization of Air Traffic Control Training at the Federal Aviation Administration Academy

This paper investigates current and future uses of simulation in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Academy’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) training program to identify potential improvement areas in the areas of simulation technologies and course content. Once identified, recommendations for changes to the current training program are made. A literature review of the current training techni...