Aviation Industry Safety
-The National Transportation Safety Board's statistics show an accident rate of 5 fatal accidents for each 10 million flights on scheduled and nonscheduled service by U.S. airlines operating under part 121 of the Federal Aviation Regulations from 1982 through 1998.
-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for examining an airline's operations when the airline seeks a certificate to operate and for conduction periodic inspections to ensure continued complained with safety regulations.
-FAA has nearly 3300 safely inspectors located in 101 district offices throughout the U*S. One of the inspector' primary functions is conducting what FAA calls "routine surveillance" -- a process of continuous periodic safety inspections of airlines and aviation -- related activities.
-The inspections cover four main areas:
-Operations inspections focus on such items as pilots' certification and performance, flight crews' training, and in-flight record keeping.
Maintenance inspections examine an airline's overall maintenance program, including the training of aviation mechanics, the development of maintenance manuals, and procedures for repairing aircraft and their components.
Avionics inspections focus on electronic components of the aircraft.
Cabin safety inspections concentrate on cabin procedures, passenger safety, and carry -- on baggage.
-Air Transportation Oversight System is largely reponsive to past concerns raised about key aspects of FAA's aviation safety inspections and the usefulness of inspection data.
-To inprove inspection qualtity, the new program emphasizes a system safety approach that goes beyond spot-chicking irlines for compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations. Using saf...
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...distinguish major from minor violations. For all of these reasons, FAA's information on compliance in the aviation industry is incomplete. Incomplete information compromises the accuracy of key databases available to FAA for identifying trends in violations and for targeting its resources to the greatest potential threats to aviation safety and security. In addition, FAA cannot readily use the results of its inspections as an early warning system.
-The two reasons most frequently cited by inspectors for not opening enforcement cases stemmed from changes in FAA's enforcement philosophy. Nine out of 10 Flight Standards inspectors (89%) and Security inspectors (86%) cited the belief that compliance is more important in the long run than enforcement. Similarly, 9 out of 10 believe gaining immediate compliance is more important than taking enforcement action.
The airline industry is classified into four categories by the Department of Transportation. The four categories are International, National, Regional and Cargo. The following are issues that affect the airline industry to some extent: airport capacity, routes, technology, aircraft purchase or lease costs, weather, fuel costs and labor. An estimate of up to 40% of an airline’s expenses is related to paying their employees.
The issue that is being discussed in whether or not the government should help Air Canada out financially. As can be seen in the articles presented in the scrapbook, it is known that the government controls many of the operations at Air Canada.
"Problems" in the airline industry have not risen due to too much competition within the industry. To the contrary, Washington regulators should turn the industry loose in any more ways that it can. Lowering restrictions to enter the market place, emphasizing private ownership of aviation matters, and encouraging open and free competition within the scope of anti-trust law should be the goals of the Clinton Administration. Instead of heading towards re-regulation, Washington should get out of the airline business for good.
The ALPA is an organization that is known for “schedule and safety”. The organization remains a safety aspect which has been a safety improvement for the airline. The airline industry has a rich history of modern transportation. The airline industry has a mode of pilots that are members of the association. The association have participated in helping thousands of pilots of benefits, and freedom. In the human history, aviation can take place because of the pilots that are doing their jobs. More than 600 workers of the association, are willing to help the pilots to getting on the ladder of destination.
Goodwin, Chuck. "Airport Security & Body Scanners: An Overview." (n.d.): N. Pag. Rpt. In Points of View Reference Center. N.p.: N.p., 2013. Web.
On February 12, 2009, a Colgan Airlines flight operating as Continental Connection Flight 3407 crashed two miles from the runway in Buffalo, New York, killing all fifty people aboard.. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation that followed stunned the American public and identified the need to closely examine the regulations governing pilot training and pilot rest requirements, with a strong focus on regional airlines (Berard, 2010, 2). Currently, the United States government has passed HR 5900, which was titled the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 and is now called Public Law 111-216 (Public Law 111-126, 2010, 3). The bill targets five focal points that will force the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to run an even safer operation. These focal points include creating a pilot record database, implementation of NTSB flight crewmember training recommendations, FAA rule making on training programs, pilot fatigue, and flight crewmember screening and qualifications (Berard, 2010, 4).
The FAA is a government agency who provides our country with the safest aerospace system in the world today. The FAA was not easily created though it was formed over many years and through the passage of many different bills and acts. The FAA started to take shape in the early 1900's. When the commercial aviation industry was first getting its start many leaders believed that without proper regulation and safety rules, that were set by the federal government, the aviation industry would not succeed. So to achieve their goal Congress passed the Air Commerce Act of 1926. This act made the Secretary of Commerce responsible for making aviation rules, regulations and certifying pilots and aircrafts. It also created an Aeronautics Branch in the Department of Commerce, which oversaw everything about aviation. This Branch of the Government was headed by William MacCracken, and it was the first predecessor to the FAA.
Airport security is a big issue today because many people talk down on it when story after story, it is made to protect the people. Kip Hawley acknowledges that airport security has become so bureaucratic and disconnected from the people for which it is meant to protect for over a decade after 9/11 (Hawley). So why isn’t TSA taking the public’s opinions into consideration? TSA hears over thousands of complaints on a daily about their “stupid security checkpoints” or their “lazy employees”. The thing is, if airports were to improve their security staff, then less people would attempt to bring dangerous items onto the plane. If airports were to have dogs that are trained to smell toxic liquid, that would fix solutions quickly. TSA depends solely on their scanners too much. Ed Hewitt argues that TSA needs to fix the sloppiness and uncaring employees
As a result of the investigation of this accident, the Safety Board has made recommendations to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
...cident. That is why there is so much precautions is required. Throughout history the only reason why air travel is as big as it is is because air travel happens to be the safest form of travel in the world, it is even safer than traveling in the household car. The first rule of travelling anywhere is safety. And the creation of the FAA makes air travel safer than a lot of the other travelling methods that we have.
Simmon, David A. (1998). Boeing 757 CFIT Accident at Cali, Columbia, Becomes Focus of Lessons Learned. Flight Safety Digest.
Inspection between each flight besides avoiding accidents, it also helps engineers to understand what problems that would be aroused by operation environment. Pre-flight inspection of Aloha 243 was only carried out before the first flight each day which is inadequate. Besides, all inspection records at each inspection should be kept; it records all the status of the parts and help engineers to understand how the aircraft structures would be affected after each operation.
Introduction Canadian health and safety legislation requires companies and organizations to make a commitment towards occupational health and safety. Maintaining a safe workplace environment has numerous benefits. A safe work environment can boost employee morale, increase productivity, and improve job satisfaction. For companies and organizations, these benefits can lead to less turnover and increased employee retention. They can also reduce absenteeism while improving the culture and image of a company or organization.
Once a schedule has been chosen we customarily venture back and audit it for the more subtle components. Are there any segments that we can deal with here at home before we venture on the plane? Our rationale is straightforward... get stuff here and spare time there!
Aircrafts undergo a variety of stresses, strains, vibrations, and detrimental environments. It is important to inspect the aircraft regularly in order to keep the aircraft operable, which inspections of the aircraft is a big part of proper maintenance. There are many types of inspection; the most common one is pre-flight inspection and post-flight inspection. Under the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs), a pre-flight inspection is mandatory for Pilot Proficiency Check. During a pre-flight inspection, the pilot should use the pre-flight checklist to perform an inspection on the exterior and interior of the aircraft. It is a chance for the pilot to check any defects on the aircraft that may cause a problem, and the readability of the radio signals.