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GPS and Aviation, 2005.
A look at the affect of the implementation of GPS technology on aviation.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, £ 63.95
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This paper considers the way the implementation of GPS technology (Global Positioning Satellite) in aviation has affected safety and what this will likely mean for the future. It discusses how GPS technology has become a major technological advance for use by the airline industry and for aviation at all levels and how the tracking capabilities and accuracy of this technology has had a major impact on aviation safety as a result.
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" The creation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) offered a boon to many people and many professions. The use of GPS for ships at sea was noted early. The system was also deemed of particular value to the military and so to the government, which protected aspects off the technology for some time and kept these from wider public use. More recently, GPS technology has become viable for virtually everyone and has been included in automobiles, laptops, individual electronic tracking devices, and much more. GPS technology has also become a major technological advance for use by the airline industry and for aviation at all levels, and the tracking capabilities and accuracy of this technology has had a major impact on aviation safety as a result. "
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Economics of Commercial Aviation, 2007.
This paper examines commercial aviation and the related economic conditions of the industry.
1,088 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 26.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that with rising fuel prices and terrorism as a backdrop, many of the world's major commercial airlines have filed bankruptcy, blaming the additional costs of fuel and security measures for their demise. The writer notes however, that this is not the case with every airline, which leads to interesting subject matter to validate an issue position. In this paper, the researcher validates the issue position that the economic collapse of many major airlines has not been caused by fuel and security, but rather by flaws in the typical commercial aviation business model. This position is justified by the citation of relevant literature and logical conclusions drawn from the research of same. The writer concludes that the aviation industry needs to continually strive for excellence if it is to avoid its own self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Presentation of Position
Commercial Aviation Still Holds Potential for Success
Modern Success Stories Exist
Current Events in Commercial Aviation
Bankruptcies are commonplace
Bankruptcies are Caused by Several Common Factors
Success Stories in Commercial Aviation
India's Aviation Renaissance
Low Cost Aviation Model
Proof of Position
Closing Thoughts
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"The commercial aviation industry is chock full of an inordinate number of bankruptcies, with hundreds occurring over the past several decades. These events had been blamed on a wide variety of factors over the years. Over the last 6 months, there has been another rash of bankruptcies, which are currently being blamed on the excess costs of the security measures needed to protect commercial flights from terrorist infiltration and the rising cost of fuel, with sources reporting that the industry can only realistically pass 10% of the additional expenses on to the consumer for a variety of reasons."
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Aviation Security, 2007.
This paper uses content analysis to examine the issue of aviation security following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
2,165 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 48.95
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This paper explains that, using content analysis to test the hypothesis surrounding aviation security, two press releases from the Government Accountability Office website were examined for common terms and references to aviation security measures. The author points out that this methodology focused on how the communications referred to aviation security and how frequently mention was made of changes in specific responses to the September 11 attacks. The author relates that this analysis identified that aviation security was breached due to inherent flaws in the system. The paper states that content analysis revealed that the current decentralized system with different parties responsible for various elements of aviation security is not optimal. The author stresses that terrorism is seen as unethical and politically illegitimate because its political aim is to kill the innocent. The paper includes a table and a graph.
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Introduction: Scope of the Study and the Uses of Content Analysis
Weaknesses of the Aviation Security: Using Content Analysis to Identify Trends
Aviation Security Current Position and Challenges Ahead: Content Analysis as a Prediction Mechanism
Conclusion
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"The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lax security measures, that had individuals who did not undergo background checks accessing and breaching the security of the air traffic control computer systems. Dillingham also identified that the FAA did not assess and accredit the air traffic control computer systems, perform the appropriate risk assessments to ensure that the computer system that was central to the aviation system was protected, nor did the FAA establish and implement any comprehensive security program."
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The History of Aviation, 2008.
This paper explores the evolution and history of modern aviation.
1,344 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 32.95
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The paper describes the technological progress in aviation that was encouraged by both world wars. The paper then looks at the jet aircraft developed by the United States and the Soviet Union as a result of the Cold War. The paper points out that despite the underlying hostile motivations for its accelerated development, modern aviation has many positive humanitarian benefits.
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Background and History
The First Generation of Powered Aircraft
The Birth of Modern Aviation
Aviation in the Jet Age
Conclusion
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"The Wright brothers achieved the first powered flight in 1903, with a 59-second flight that covered a modest 852 feet at an altitude of 10 feet (SASM, 2007). Within little more than a decade from this most humble of beginnings, powered aircraft flight evolved sufficiently for pilots to face each other in aerial combat to the death in the first generation of military combat aircraft featuring full-sized machine guns in World War I. By the end of the war in 1918, bombers capable of dropping nearly 2000 pounds of explosive ordinance were in use by the British and German force(Jackson, 2003)."
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Study of Aviation Security using Content Analysis, 2008.
An analysis of two US press releases and how they reflect upon changes in aviation security since 9/11.
2,530 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 54.95
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This paper examines the issue of aviation security following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Two communications in the form of press releases from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) are examined and analyzed to show that aviation security after September 11, 2001 has significantly improved and changed, following the necessary policies that have been put in place. The paper identifies and outlines the changes that have been put in place and provides an objective analysis of the new policy changes after September 11, 2001, so as to use the content analysis to test the hypothesis surrounding aviation security. The paper includes a table showing examples of direct and indirect economic losses from September 11, and a pie chart using content analysis to identify trends regarding the weaknesses of aviation security.
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"Aviation security relies heavily on the skill and expertise of personnel. The FAA and aviation industry have realized that there needs to be a reevaluation of airport personnel with specific focus on improving workers aptitudes, increased training, minimize turnover, and better wages GAO, 2006, 1). Dillingham stated that the FAA was implementing a number of actions and plans that addressed these issues directly; they included the development of an integrated action plan, certification programs which enhance training, and the use of machinery to help increase productivity. Most of these activities have post September 11 implementation dates. TSA training has also increased and changed form after September 11. Major elements of the change include forty (40) hours of classroom instruction and sixty (60) hours of on-the-job training, annual proficiency review of screeners, and establishing a basic screener training program, (Berrick, 2006, p 5). Again, these policy changes support the hypothesis being examined."
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Economics and General Aviation, 2002.
This paper looks at the history of general aviation and its current situation following the Sept 11th attacks.
1,681 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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This paper discusses the general aviation industry - its history and development. General aviation is defined as the segment of aviation other than commercial. The first section provides a brief overview of this industry, mentioning the issue of scarcity of facilities. It then discusses growth and number of the industry and this section includes charts and tables. Finally the writer examines how the general aviation history was effected by the 9-11 terror attacks.
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"From the mid 1980's until the early 1990's, general aviation as an industry was in decline. New piston aircraft manufacturing was down. Pilots flew less, and many maintenance shops closed entirely. The supply of avionics technicians dwindled as many transferred to other careers due to the poor economic prospects. Compounding the situation is the demographics of the aviation shops in existence. On average, small avionics shops (ten employees or less) employ technicians who are over the age of 43. Seventy percent of small avionics shop owners are over the age of 53. Organizations such as the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) have scholarship programs to encourage new entrants into the field. However, most who graduate will end up working for the commercial airlines, lured by salaries and options.2 "
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Aviation Business Ethics and September 11 Industry Implications, 2002.
A discussion about the increased pressure on the aviation industry to develop and implement higher ethical standards since the September 11 tragedies.
4,070 words (approx. 16.3 pages), 31 sources, APA, £ 78.95
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This paper addresses the subject of business ethics in the field of aviation, as well as emphasizes the effects of September 11 on the aviation industry. Through discussing the responsibilities each part of the aviation industry has toward air travel, this paper provides a clear analysis of why enhanced business ethics concerning safety and security are of utmost importance. The paper compares security features before September 11 with those after the tragedy, in an effort to determine how they have improved and what they are still lacking. In addition, it discusses the rights of aviation employees, shareholders and passengers to determine which security and business procedures are safe and which are invasive.
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"Prior to Sept. 11, the Air Transport Association, a representative for major airlines, and the Regional Airline Association, a trade group for smaller carriers, published the main security guide for airlines. This Checkpoint Operations Guide was designed to implement Federal Aviation Administration security regulations.
However, prohibiting box cutters on airplanes was an industry requirement, not a government one. The FAA actually allowed airline passengers to carry blades less than four inches long before Sept. 11.
However, airlines often did not invest the time or money before Sept. 11 to check passengers completely. In addition, according to Rep. John Mica, chairman of the House Transportation subcommittee on aviation, the FAA did have strict guidelines for screening standards in place (Salant). This combination was a recipe for disaster."
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A Century of Aviation, 2002.
A look at the positive and negative effects that aviation has had on the world since its discovery 100 years ago.
1,712 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 39.95
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Little did the Wright brothers know when they successfully tested their flying machine at Kitty Hawk, on December 17, 1903, what an influential industry they were launching. The paper shows that since then aviation has changed enormously, with airports like Chicago O?Hare facilitating some 383,362 landing and take-off cycles each year. It examines how the aerospace industry is becoming America?s leading industrial employer with some 1,484,000 employees and sales of $27 billion. The paper shows however that the evolution and growth of aviation has not been an entirely positive experience. This paper examines the effects ? good and bad ? that aviation has had on the economy, on society, on the environment and on military power.
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"Surely the most negative aviation-related event that has happened ? and has had a tremendously harmful and lingering effect on the U.S. economy and on citizen morale ? was the hijacking of jetliners by terrorists on September 11, 2001. On that day, America learned that large airplanes can quite easily be turned into missiles, and those missiles upon impact become potent bombs, to be used by our enemies against this nation. This is an issue that leaders must address, in terms of making airports truly secure and safe. Meanwhile, another kind of airport safety is in the news lately. A recent article in Time Magazine alludes not to hijacking, or of people in planes, but rather to ??the vastly greater numbers on the ground who are brutalized as the planes pass overhead.?
Millions of people who live ??under the proliferating webs of flight path?are paying an unacceptable price in stress, lost sleep, impaired hearing, inability to concentrate, in their children?s ability to learn and in the generally degraded quality of life that results when the mind is tormented by these intrusions,? writes Time journalist Lance Morrow."
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Federal Aviation Administration, 2005.
This paper explores the detailed duties of the Federal Aviation Administration and its evolution over time.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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Established in 1958, the Federal Aviation Administration has grown from a largely unorganized regulatory agency to overseeing the safety of civil aviation and the nation's largest air traffic control system. This paper examines how it has grown into one of the most powerful agencies in the government today and, in light of the recent terrorist attacks, is now federally regulating many recently privatized aspects of civil aviation.
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"The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was created in 1958 under the Federal Aviation Act to oversee and promote civil aviation safety. However, the Air Commerce Act of 1926 set the stage for a federally-overseen aviation system, mainly as a method of ensuring safety standards, and was "the cornerstone of the Federal government's regulation of civil aviation." (FAA.gov). Its early responsibilities focused mainly on setting safety standards, and "for licensing virtually everything related to aerospace" (Tyson 2). Until its designation as the Federal Aviation Agency in 1958, the agency took on an expanding role in overseeing the progression of civil aviation. As times changed, and technology made new innovations possible, the government recognized a need for a more central agency to regulate civil aviation. In 1966, the Department of Transportation was created, and the Federal Aviation Administration was included in this new department. Many important events took place in the following decade. These included the creation of a semi-automated air traffic control system, which allowed controllers to determine the speed and location of aircraft. The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 gave way to increased competition, and saw the need for a more efficient system to combat the increased growth. The National Airspace System was created in 1982 as a way to address this problem by improving many aspects of the current system. The last twenty years have seen technology make notable impacts on the airspace system, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 spurred major regulations, including the creation of a Transportation Security Administration that overtook primary responsibility for the system. As its mission statement reads, "Our mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world." (FAA.gov)."
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Aviation Gun Laws, 2005.
A review of recent developments in aviation gun laws in America.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, £ 63.95
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The following paper outlines US aviation gun laws as they existed prior to 9/11 and how they stand today in the age of Homeland Security and global terrorism. The paper then examines the legal issues involved in changing America's gun aviation laws in the aftermath of the brutal attacks of 9/11. From there, the paper looks carefully at how the transformation of America's aviation gun laws profoundly changed the traveling experience of ordinary Americans. Finally, this paper summarizes the pertinent legal issues and it will conclude with an explication of why the recently-enacted gun laws are not only permissible, but entirely desirable.
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Economic Impact on Aviation Employment, 2005.
A look at how job markets in the aviation industry have been affected by the health of the economy.
2,094 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 46.95
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This paper defines, discusses, and analyzes several different economic variables in order to determine the likelihood of obtaining employment within the aviation industry. The paper considers all aspects of the industry such as crop dusting, flight training, corporate aviation, air taxis, sightseeing, banner towing, flying for personal reasons, etc. The paper also considers all types of aircraft, ranging from a single-seat, single-engine aircraft to a corporate jet.
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"Many economic studies examine statistics like the numbers of people employed, value added, contribution to GDP, price growth as compared to the growth of goods and services nationwide, and industry growth or decline and the factors contributing to it. By definition, economy is "the structure of economic life in a country, area or period". Economics is defined as: of, relating to, or based on the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Costs and benefits are not always easily measured in tangible terms. For example, safety, while an important and significant benefit, can only be measured by the absence of occurrences. What are the driving factors in production and consumption? Generally, supply and demand, and the driving factors in supply and demand are often scarcity, volume and price."
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Aviation Safety, 2004.
An analysis of aviation safety, with a focus on fire issues.
1,698 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 39.95
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This paper examines what the most important fire issue is in aviation and explores how it is handled. In addition, the paper compares the ways that a specific fire issue is handled. The paper presents a focus on insulation and other fire-retardant measures in cabin safety and what kind of changes these have undergone throughout aviation history.
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"Fire issues in aviation have long been a problem as those that work with them look for new and better ways to make aviation safer for all. This is not always easy, however, as there are only certain types of chemicals and other items that can be used in aviation due to the nature of the field. Because of this, discussing what should be used and why when it comes to fire safety and fire issues is often of the utmost importance for the aviation industry and those that create products for it. The main problem with this issue is that fire issues are something that must be dealt with in a specific way when it comes to aviation due to the complex nature of the field. For fire issues, much study must be done into what is acceptable because weight, size, and other factors play a part in airliners."
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Aviation Fatigue, 2005.
This paper is an extensive literature review of research tests and experiments relating to the relationship of physical and psychological fatigue and aviation accidents.
4,525 words (approx. 18.1 pages), 22 sources, APA, £ 83.95
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This paper explains that fatigue is a factor that is being increasingly seen as a threat and a problem in the aviation industry and the Air Force. It has been estimated that problems caused by fatigue costs American industry more than $18 billion a year in terms of lost productivity. The author points out that fatigue is characterized by (1) a decreased capacity for work, known as work decrement; (2) modifications in the physiological state of the individual; and (3) a feeling of weariness, which may be accompanied by irritability, anxiety, excessive worry and a disturbed emotional state. The paper relates that reports indicate that fatigue, as a result of sleep deprivation, is not always a critical factor and that there are various factors that are interrelated and can effect the assessments of fatigue of aviation issues. Many quotations. Graph.
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Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
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"Researchers also point out that the varying results obtained from studies are related to and dependent on the type of experiments and the situations in which the testing takes place. They note that the best data and sources of information on the true effects of fatigue are often taken from actual combat situations and conditions; while many state that the results from simulations and laboratory experiments do not produce an accurate picture of the reality of fatigue and fatigue-induced errors in aviation."
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