Commercial Aviation Safety - Hardcover

Wells, Alexander T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070693455 ISBN 13: 9780070693456

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1997

Synopsis

A text for students and professionals in the field of safety, integrating research in human factors, air traffic systems, and aircraft technologies. Contains chapter outlines, review questions, and key terms. This second edition offers new material on the nature of accidents, factors affecting human performance, and the role of airline management in aviation safety, and reflects recent changes in air traffic systems, aircraft technologies, and the regulatory framework. Chapters on airline deregulation and airport capacity and safety were dropped for this edition. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Commercial Aviation Safety, Second Edition. Recent accidents; growth in regional airline traffic; new, low-cost start-up carriers; contract maintenance activities; and increased media attention all have served to heighten awareness of commercial aviation safety in the 1990s. Using the 5-M model-Man, Machine, Medium, Mission, and Management-as a structure for this text, Well integrates the latest research in human factors, air traffic systems, and aircraft technologies to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the subject. A solid foundation of reference ideal for students and professionals in the field of safety, the second edition of Commercial Aviation Safety covers: the regulatory framework; The latest commercial aviation accident statistics and data analysis; Methods of measuring air transportatin safety; Human factors and the managing of human error; Air traffic system technologies designed to improve safety; Development of aircraft technologies for the twenty-first century; The role of airline management in organizing for safety; The functions of the FAA and the flight Stadards Service in promoting safety; The NTSB and major investigations druing the 1980s and early 1990s.

About the Author:

Alexander T. Wells, Ed.D., is a consultant, Emeritus Professor of Aviation in the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, and the author of such successful texts as Airport Planning & Management, Fifth Edition, also from McGraw-Hill. During his 43 years in aviation, he held many positions with United Airlines and several major aviation insurance firms. In 2000, Dr. Wells was presented the University Aviation Association Dr. Frank E. Sorenson Award for outstanding achievements of excellence in aviation research scholarship.

Clarence C. Rodrigues, Ph.D., P.E., CSP, CPE is an associate professor of applied aviation sciences in the college of aviation and is the program director for the BS in Safety degree at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach, Florida. Before joining ERAU, Dr. Rodrigues was on the safety sciences' faculty at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and was also an OSHA consultant for the State of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining IUP, Dr. Rodrigues was a worldwide engineering manager for the Campbell Soup Company for seven years. While at Campbell Soup, he also held an adjunct faculty appointment at The University of Pennsylvania's systems engineering department. Dr. Rodrigues has consulted for industry and for government, has made several national and international presentations, and has authored or coauthored numerous technical publications. Dr. Rodrigues holds a Ph.D. in industrial engineering and master's degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University. He also holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, and his master's degree in environmental engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0070693455
• ISBN 13: 9780070693456
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 447