The realization of general aviation Free Flight requires advanced cockpit systems to assist pilots in managing information and decision-making. In this paper, the application of cognitive engineering concepts to cockpit system design for general aviation is discussed. The design of an Aircraft Approach and Landing Assistant is presented as an example of this method. Its purpose is to enhance pi...

One of the causes of aviation accidents is lack of overview and analysis of the data particularly obtained from its maintenance operation performance. The aircraft maintenance system of an airline is a complex structure with information flow involving various stakeholders ensuring aircraft airworthiness while adhering to several regulatory standards, policies and procedures of Federal Aviation ...

The organizational life pervaded with politics (some organizations more than others are). Hence, political behavior is an ordinary part of the Performance Appraisals (PAS) processes and PAS are highly prone by politics. Politics is an important determinant in the pay systems as both supervisors and subordinates have possibilities to influence the results of the appraisal process. The overall at...

BACKGROUND General aviation accidents involving children are rare, but when they do happen, little is known about the children involved, including their age, restraint status, and injuries. This lack of information is due to the fact that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) did not always collect detailed data about passengers involved in accidents. METHODS Consequently, in 2011, ...

BACKGROUND Efforts to improve patient safety have attempted to incorporate aviation industry safety standards. We sought to evaluate the cost and workforce implications of applying aviation duty-hour restrictions to the entire practicing physician workforce. METHODS The work hours and personnel deficit for United States residents and practicing physicians that would be created by the adoption...

Throughout the 20th Century, NASA has defined the forefront of aeronautical technology, and the aviation industry owes much of its prosperity to this knowledge and technology. In recent decades, centralized aeronautics has become a mature discipline, which raises questions concerning the future aviation innovation frontiers. Three transformational aviation capabilities, bounded together by the ...

AUTHOR: Lieutenant Colonel Juan L. Arcocha TITLE: Thinking Inside the Box: Growing an Aviation Maintenance Solution for the Joint Force Fight FORMAT: Strategy Research Project DATE: 15 March 2006 WORD COUNT: 5971 PAGES: 25 KEY TERMS: (Use reference terms not included in title) CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified The Department of Defense’s (DOD) aviation maintenance structure is an inefficient and mar...

This article focuses on the issue of airport emergency plans, which are documents describing reactions to events with impact on aviation safety or aviation security. The article specifically focuses on the use and creation of emergency plans, where could be found a number of disagreements between different stakeholders, for which the airport emergency plan applies. Those are the friction surfac...