Understanding Aviation Safety Data: Using the Internet and Other Sources to Analyze Air Travel Risk - Softcover

Curtis, Todd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0768006023 ISBN 13: 9780768006025

Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1802

Synopsis

Shows how to analyze information from the world wide web and other sources to answer specific aviation safety questions. The author, a former Air Force flight test engineer, also provides advice on where to find the relevant data. Appendices answer common airline safety questions, and list recent fatal crashes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Todd Curtis was an airline safety analyst for the Boeing Company from 1991 to 2000. A 1981 graduate of Princeton, he also holds a doctorate in Risk Assessment from the Union Institute and two degrees from MIT: an MBA from the Sloan School of Management and a masters from the Technology and Policy Program. He is a private pilot and a registered professional engineer who, as a member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators and Bird Strike Committee USA, has published and presented a number of technical papers in the areas of aviation risk assessment and bird strike hazards to aircraft. In addition, he has designed several aviation safety related Web sites, including AirSafe.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers
• Publication date: 1802
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0768006023
• ISBN 13: 9780768006025
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 209