...Aviation Maintenance from A Manger’s Perspective Lisa A. Williams Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Management 203 Christopher Urdzik April 26, 2015 Abstract This paper explores aviation maintenance from a Manager’s perspective. There are various governing bodies that control or oversee how maintenance is performed on a routine basis for commercial aircraft. The main governing body that is discussed here is the FAA. Also discussed is the required training of the Airframe and Powerplant mechanic and how management can be assured that mechanics are qualified to release aircraft after performing maintenance certifying these aircraft are safe to fly. Also, in this paper, the attempt is made to show where mechanics need ongoing training to assure management that the mechanic is trained on new technologies that are developed and used in commercial and corporate aviation. The answers are not mapped out by the FAA or training programs so it is up to the company to be sure that the mechanic is made aware of these new technologies through FAA study groups that managers can attend and brief technicians on new developments. Human error cannot be eradicated it is indispensable fact of the human behavior (Maddox, 1998). Although, aviation maintenance managers have acquired high levels of technological skills training related to their profession, the above statement from Dr. Michael Maddox is true in regards to human error. Research in the industrial...
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...inevitable problem in the aviation industry. Unfortunately, for those involved, it is usually met with disastrous results. One momentary lapse of judgment might very well result in a large numbers of fatalities, as well as, hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Human error can be described as any event that takes place because a task, or portion of a task, was not performed with its exact specifications. Human error can stem from a very wide spectrum of circumstances. Three critical areas of concern that will be carefully reviewed in this paper are the following: fatigue, vision, and communication. It is important to study these primary causes of human error and look for trends or break downs that might very well serve to protect the safety of future flights. Only through the management of human error can continue the outstanding reputation of safety in the world of aviation. Human Error in AviationBefore an accurate discussion on the root causes of human error can take place, it is necessary to understand the fast pace setting of the aviation industry. One visit to any major airport, such as Atlanta's international airport, and one will come to appreciate the tremendous demands placed upon all the aviation professionals involved along the process. There is continuous communication taking place between the different sectors, from the aircrew, to air traffic control, to maintenance, and all the other facets in between. Any position in aviation can be very exciting...
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... AVIATION CAREER Flight Safety management Studies UCLA, USA Institute of Aviation Medicine, USA Chairman Board of Inquiry by Theo de Jager Essay Flight Safety 1980 - 1984 Survival and flight safety At the end of my pilot training in Canada, a Dutch classmate crashed because of a mistake that these days would be generally qualified as 'human factor'. Even then, already then, I felt a strong awareness of the importance of flight safety. I remember the slogan put into us during flying training: 'Today is your reward for yesterday's flight safety', a slogan that has stayed with me. There is always a choice between unavoidable and avoidable risks, between adequate self confidence and over confidence. Keeping moments in which margins have to be challenged because of operational requirements, as short as possible. Technical developments have made the aircraft the most reliable means, compared with any other form of transport. The majority of air accidents are now due to the unpredictable human factor. The possibility to study Flight Safety Management, Aircraft Accident Investigation and Aviation Physiology, gave me the opportunity to specialise into this aspect of aviation, after many years of experience as operational fighter pilot, followed by cargo- and passenger pilot, instructor and examiner. Aviation physiology ...
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...Private jets industry belongs to general aviation aircraft domain and is one the important area of general aviation industry development. General aviation aircraft industry in the United States is most developed with about 224,000 private jests, accounting more than 78% of the total in the world. In China, the total number of private jets is only about 200, much less than that of US. But the private jets market is full of opportunities. According to a recent report, in China, there are about 825,000 multi-millionaires, 51,000 billionaires. It is estimated that more than 300,000 people will become the potential buyer of private jets in the near future. This attractive piece of cake will undoubtedly make the world’s aircraft manufacturers salivating. But the income of Chinese is not a reason that constrained the development of private jets market in China. The law and policies concerning the private jets are far behind the market, discouraging the development of the private jets industry. China has been strictly controlling its low-altitude airspace. If you want to conduct a cross-provincial flight, you need to make official application one week ahead, making it inconvenience of the private flight. Also, the lack of private airport is another reason that constrains the development. A low-standard airport of private jets only required a 10-metre-radius ground and a 20-meter-long runaway. However, there are less than 10 standard private airports in China, compared to the number of...
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...Air Transportation Management The Impact of General Aviation General aviation is considered one of the three main segments of the aviation market. The other two being commercial aviation and military aviation. General aviation operations are anything other than military and common carriage. Without general aviation, the industry would suffer in countless ways, possibly even collapse. General aviation includes, literally, every other civilian job except for the few related to the airline sector. What I consider the most important ones are aerial firefighting, flight instructing, pipeline patrol, corporate, bush piloting, agricultural, and test piloting. Flight instructing is one of the most important jobs that there is in the aviation industry. It is where pilots obtain the proper training and skills necessary to be safe and adequate. I believe flight instructing is most likely the most underrated and underpaid job in the aviation industry. Without this job, all pilots would have to come from the military, which would cause a severe shortage of pilots. Pipeline patrol requires pilots to fly aircraft at very low altitudes over varying terrain to observe pipelines and check for any problems or vandalism within the lines. Another type of this job is for pilots to patrol the U.S. borders in search for illegal activities. Without either of these general aviation jobs, more resources and man hours would be required to check oil pipelines and secure our borders. Corporate flying...
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...importance of various subject matter for entry level airport operations personnel. The results from this study add to the body of research on aviation management curriculum development and can be used to better develop university curriculum and supplemental training focused on airport management and operations. Recommendations are made for specialized airport courses within aviation management programs. Further, this study identifies for job seekers or individuals employed in entry level positions those knowledge requirements deemed important by airport managers and operations personnel at different sized airports. INTRODUCTION In a speech given at the fifth annual General Aviation Forecast Conference, then University Aviation Association (UAA) President James E. Crehan called upon the aviation industry to define future personnel needs in terms of entry level qualifications and experiences so that UAA member institutions could respond to those needs. Previously, Lehrer (1992) had brought to the attention of the aviation community the increasing emphasis of university and college accrediting bodies to assess the learning that occurs within an aviation program. He raised the question of what skills, knowledge and values should a well educated aviation graduate possess? His question followed his previous work (1985) of trying to identify an aviation management curriculum for the...
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...Embraer and Cessna Market Segmentation Embraer is a Brazilian aerospace company that produces commercial, military, executive, agricultural aircraft and provides aeronautical services. The Cessna Aircraft Company is an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Best known for small, piston-powered aircraft, Cessna also produces business jets. Market Segmentation Cessna Aircraft are sold to private businesses, governments, individuals, freight airlines, charter airlines, and air taxi companies. Cessna has several competitors domestically and internationally in various market segments. Cessna’s aircraft compete with other aircraft that vary in size, speed, range, capacity and handling characteristics on the basis of price, product quality and reliability, product support and reputation. Embraer (ERJ) operates in the following four major business segments: commercial aviation, defense and security, executive jets, and agricultural aircraft. Commercial aviation is Embraer’s largest business segment, contributing about 52% of the company’s total sales. Applying the concepts of determinants of service quality by Parasuraman, Zeithaml, & Berry (1985) to Embraer and Cessna Reliability: Cessna’s Promise “Safety is the top priority for Cessna when designing and manufacturing aircraft.. Combining both active and passive safety features ensures that every new aircraft is designed and equipped to deliver...
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...ATSB TRANSPORT SAFETY REPORT Aviation Research and Analysis Report – AR-2008-055 An Overview of Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance Alan Hobbs Ph.D. December 2008 ATSB TRANSPORT SAFETY REPORT Aviation Research and Analysis Report AR-2008-055 Final An Overview of Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance Alan Hobbs Ph.D. - iii - Published by: Postal address: Office location: Telephone: Facsimile: E-mail: Internet: Australian Transport Safety Bureau PO Box 967, Civic Square ACT 2608 62 Northbourne Ave, Canberra City, Australian Capital Territory 1800 020 616; from overseas + 61 2 6274 6440 Accident and incident notification: 1800 011 034 (24 hours) 02 6247 3117; from overseas + 61 2 6247 3117 atsbinfo@atsb.gov.au www.atsb.gov.au © Commonwealth of Australia 2008. This work is copyright. In the interests of enhancing the value of the information contained in this publication you may copy, download, display, print, reproduce and distribute this material in unaltered form (retaining this notice). However, copyright in the material obtained from other agencies, private individuals or organisations, belongs to those agencies, individuals or organisations. Where you want to use their material you will need to contact them directly. Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968, you must not make any other use of the material in this publication unless you have the permission of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Please direct requests for further...
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...CONTENTS 1. STATEMENT OF POLICY 2. ORGANIZATION 3. AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY 4. REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS, INCIDENTS AND HAZARDS 5. DISTRIBUTION OF AVIATION SAFETY INFORMATION 6. AVIATION SAFETY COMMITTEES 7. AVIATION SAFETY AUDITS 8. AVIATION SAFETY TRAINING 9. AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION 10. AVIATION SAFETY ANALYSIS 11. REVIEW AND REVISION 1. STATEMENT OF POLICY The Sky High Airlines considers accident prevention to provide a safe working environment and safety transportation to our employees and passengers as a prime objective in all department operations. Sky High Airlines also intends to provide the public safety of transportation to the nation. In pursuit of these goals, Sky High Airlines will use safety strategy to maintain the highest standard of an active aviation safety program and all department individual are expected to be 100 percent participate in the program with responsibility and exist in critical thinking, planning, and actions of others. All employees are expected to take individual active role in the identification, reduction, and elimination of hazards. John Smith Director of Safety, Sky High Airlines 2. ORGANIZATION The Director of Safety will be position directly to the President. The Vice Presidents for Operations and Maintenance will carry out an additional duty of aviation safety manager to directly report to the President and...
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...Human Factors in Aviation Safety Final Paper Curtis D. Hudson Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Human factors in aviation isn’t a new concept but at the time when the Hubble telescope, and stealth bombers were still fresh ideas, Human factors was just now hitting its stride. In 1988, Earl Weiner and David Nagel coincidently released a book titled Human Factors in Aviation (Salas, Maurino and Curtis). During this time, HF was still being slowly accepted and established as a practice to help increase the awareness and improve aviation safety. This period is also significant because prior to then, Human Factors researchers were not involved with aviation system designs and were normally included upon design completion. The incorporation of having HF researchers involved in the design process helped the role evolve and expand the field research. As students of HF research we are aware of the importance of the technology and design of the cockpit, crew resource management (CRM), health and judgment of the crew and how automation plays a role in aviation. This was also a somewhat foreign practice in the beginning. Human Factors researchers were limited to the cockpit and overall cabin technology design. It can be argued that Human Factors in Aviation played a big role in the way business is conducted now compared to before this book was written. When we hear of an aviation mishap, particularly a plane crash, the first thing that comes...
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...Abstract The purpose of this project is to research a few well known accidents and incidents within the aviation history of the United States of America. The project would further describe some of the changes to aviation in our country because of these accidents and incidents. I will be utilizing articles published on the World Wide Web in order to gather the information needed to complete this project. The project will first define the difference between an Aviation accident and an aviation incident. List some well-known occurrences of each and the impact they have had on the aviation community. Accidents in Aviation Sub Topic “An aviation accident is defined in the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, in which a person is fatally or seriously injured, the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure or the aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible.” Wikipidia (2012). Therefore, for an aviation accident to take place according to the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 two things must be present at least one person and an aircraft. In the same reference an aviation incident is defined as “an occurrence other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft, which affects or could affect...
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...Aviation Safety Abstract Aircraft accidents are not very common, but when they happen, the level of damage is large compared to other means of transport. This is because some aircrafts have a very large capacity of passengers that they can accommodate. This is not always the case, as some of them are small and do not carry so many people. Aircrafts accidents range from fires, collisions, ditching and accidents caused by pilot errors among others. This paper will look at an accident that happened in 1997 at Newark International Airport in New Jersey. The paper will address the causes of the accidents, the findings of the investigation carried out after the accident, recommendations after the investigation as well as the measures taken to make sure that accidents of this type do not happen again. Aviation Safety FedEx Express Flight 14 This scheduled cargo flight was going to Newark International Airport, New Jersey from the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska. It crashed when trying to make a safe landing on July 31, 1997. The pilots thought that the plane would have little stopping distance after landing, which made them think of landing early on the runway. Misinterpretation of runway data was the main cause of the crash (Dismukes, Berman & Loukopoulos, 2012). The pilots were aware that the plane had problems with its auto-breaks because they failed to initiate during landing, which also contributed to their hasty decision to land the...
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...Commercial aviation in Australia has undergone significant change over the past thirty years. Substantial flaws in the security systems of the aviation industry have been revealed by external factors like terrorist attacks. Environmentalists, economists, and society are constantly increasing the pressure they put on the aviation industry in regard to more sustainability. Few entry barriers allow more and more low cost carriers (LCC) to enter the market, increasing competition, and forcing the network carriers to follow the new trend of the so called “carriers-within-carriers” (CWC). As the list of major factors that have recently influenced the industry is long, the three above mentioned will be critically analysed in the following. Australia’s aviation industry is not only of great importance to the whole nation, but it is also one of the oldest aviation industries in the world. Following the end of the Second World War, aviation was seen to be critical to nation building and broader economic considerations. Significant support from governments allowed it to develop quickly. As flying became more common, the need for safety regulations grew stronger. In Australia, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) was founded in 1995. It is responsible for safety regulations of civil air operations in Australia and the operation of Australian aircraft overseas. Today CASA is still based on the Civil Aviation Act from 1988. Under the authority of this act, CASA is able to execute regulations...
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...the plan at Geilenkirchen Air Base describes the responsibilities and functions of the E-3A Component personnel involved in the emergency response in the event of an aircraft emergency at the NATO Air Base (NAB) Geilenkirchen (Van Happen, 2012). The plan is used in exercises and real live responses to accidents/incidents involving aircraft. The plan is coordinated with the municipalities of the surrounding Districts of Heinsberg, Germany and the Districts of Onderbanken, the Netherlands for mutual aid support by the civil emergency services surrounding the base. I will now analyze the Response Plan for Emergencies, E-3A Plan 3.6-8, at Geilenkirchen Air Base, Germany. The first part, Section 1, of E-3A Plan 3.6-8 goes over the Definitions and Terminology for all personnel to understand. It covers the Classifications of Aircraft Emergencies in which emergency services would be required. The classifications include: Aircraft Accident, which has occurred on or in the area of the airfield (On Base) or outside the perimeter of the base (Off Base); Full Emergency, an aircraft that has approached the airfield and is or is suspected to be in trouble of imminent danger of an accident or serious incident; Local Standby, an aircraft that approaches the airfield is known or is suspected to developed some defect,...
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...paper will cover some of the most horrific air disasters in aviation history. I will be using information from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and news media to draw my conclusion of the events. I will then explain how these air disasters changed aviation, what rules were put in place, what changes to aircraft design were made or what training was needed to prevent a repeat of the incident. I believe this topic is important to the history of aviation in America because we learn from our mistakes and with every aircraft incident new regulations were developed to increase the safety of flight. HISTORIC AIR DISASTERS In this paper, we will be revisiting three airline crashes that changed aviation. 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, 1977 Tenerife Airport Disaster, and 1992 El Al Flight 1862. I believe that these three flights had a significant impact on aviation in terms of safety, design and procedures that are in place today. 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision The midair collision between these two airliners led to the birth of the modern air traffic control system. (Fss.aero, 2015) On June 30, 1956 a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 (United Airlines Flight UA 718) struck a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (Trans World Airlines Flight TWA 2) over the Grand Canyon, causing both aircraft to crash and 128 passengers to perish. This accident took place during a time when air traffic control (ATC) did...
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