Research papers

Are Single-Pilot Operations An Advantage Or A Disadvantage?

This study aims to investigate the potential benefits and drawbacks of Single-Pilot Operations (SPO) and to provide actionable insights for commercial airlines.

A Scoping Review of Aviation Loss of Control Inflight Research

Loss of control – inflight (LOC-I) contributes to aircraft accidents at unacceptably high rates. Significant industry efforts and research have aimed to improve LOC-I prevention, detection, and recovery.

Empowering Precision Forecasting: Self-Supervised LSTM for Hourly Pressure and Temperature Prediction

The most important parts of any flight are landing and takeoff, and an aircraft's takeoff configuration must balance the regulated takeoff weight, runway length, and weather conditions to ensure a safe departure and arri…

Innovative Bird Strike Mitigation Strategies: Integrating Drones and Cutting-Edge Technologies to Enhance Airport Safety

Notwithstanding significant efforts to reduce the risk of bird strikes at and around airports, as well as advancements in technology, aviation safety continues to be threatened by this hazard.

Understanding Collegiate Aviation Pilot Mental Performance Studies and Future Research Opportunities

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (2022), fatigue is defined as “a condition characterized by increased discomfort with lessened capacity for work, reduced efficiency of accomplishment, loss of power or ca…

Uncertainty and Assurance in AAM Regulation

The regulatory environment of aviation safety has played an important role in establishing the current outstanding safety performance of the air transportation industry.

Virtual Reality & Pilot Training: Existing Technologies, Challenges & Opportunities

The introduction of virtual reality (VR) to flying training has recently gained much attention, with numerous VR companies, such as Loft Dynamics and VRpilot, looking to enhance the training process.

Smoke, fire, and fumes without the smoke and fire: An emergency checklist for fumes

According to a published review of online fume event databases, U.S. airlines report an average of 5.3 oil/hydraulic fluid fume events per day.

Utilizing Deep Learning to Predict Unstabilized Approaches for General Aviation Aircraft

Unstabilized approaches pose a major hazard for general aviation aircraft. In the period from 2009 to 2019, 3,257 general aviation accidents occurred during the landing phase of flight in which loss of control was analyz…

Air Carrier Pilot Training, Supply & Recruitment Challenges

The route to airline recovery following the global COVID-19 pandemic is flush with opportunity for airlines, unions, and regulators to work together within current regulatory structures to recruit the next generation of …

Change Fatigue in Aviation Maintenance through a Human Factors Lens

Aviation is a demanding and fast-paced industry and it is not uncommon for aviation professionals, including maintainers, to experience rapid disruption and organizational change.

Utilizing Drones to Streamline Wildlife Hazard Management Efforts by Airport Operators

Airports operating under the Code of Federal Regulations Part 139 should conduct a wildlife hazard assessment (WHA) when some wildlife-strike events have occurred at or near the airport.

Airline Pilot Risk Profiling by Using Unstable Approach Management Case

Risk and human decision-making cannot be separated from each other. Many of theories and studies have tried to analyze pilots’ decision-making processes, risk factors, and preference behavior in the aviation domain.

Risk Assessment Matrix of Operational Safety (RAMOS): Aviation Safety with a MATLAB® Design Toolkit

Safety is the priority of the aviation industry that requires continuous support and improvement. While the Safety Management Systems (SMS) is mandatory for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Federal Aviation Regu…

Safety in Flight Training - An Analysis of the NTSB Data 2014-2018

There were 7,500 safety events in the NTSB data sets from 2013-2018. These events were analyzed using Chi-square, Cramer’s V, and the odds ratio.

The Impacts of Advanced Avionics on Degraded Visual Environments

Degraded visual environments (DVE) such as brownout, sand storms, and night conditions are responsible for accidents and hence losses in the aviation industry.

Ground Risk Model for UAVs

This paper develops an alternative to the ground risk model provided by JARUS SORA. Key inconsistencies in the SORA ground risk model are identified, specifically ground risk continuing to increase when there is no furth…

ADS-B Communication Interference in Air Traffic Management

Automated Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) provides position and state information about aircraft and is becoming an essential component in the global air traffic management system.

Applying Lessons from Safety-II Proof of Concept in Line Operational Safety Audit to Aviation Maintenance

Maintenance safety culture is a topic that continues to arise. There is much information in many different literature sources that discusses measuring, analyzing, and scrutinizing data to determine if a safety culture ex…

The Five Hazardous Attitudes, A Subset of Complacency

Abstract The article discusses complacency and the five hazardous attitudes in the context that the five hazardous attitudes are a subset of complacency.

Conceptual Design of Fuel Dumping System in Aircraft

Airlines release the unburned jet fuel into the atmosphere to reduce the weight of aircraft before landing. Sometimes, aircraft reach a weight more than takeoff weight while departing from the airport.

GA Pilot Perceptions of Speech Systems to Transcribe and Submit PIREPs

Flying into hazardous weather can be a cause of aviation incidents and accidents. Accidents involving general aviation (GA) pilots who are not instrument rated who fly into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) are …

Detectability of Clothing Color by Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Search and Rescue Operations

Search-and-rescue operations are adopting small unmanned aircraft system technology to aid traditional human search parties operating on foot or by vehicle, which can be hindered by challenging terrain and obstacles.

Pilot Visual Detection of Small Unmanned Aircraft on Final Approach during Nighttime Conditions

In December 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the release of a new final rule, permitting operators of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) to perform routine night operations.

Measuring Safety Culture: Qualitative and Quantitative Means of Measuring Safety Culture for Safety Management System Optimization

The Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General (2020) investigated the Federal Aviation Administration oversight of Southwest Airlines Safety Management System and noted concerns and gaps in the oversig…

Evaluating LAANC Compliance and Air Traffic Collision Hazards Posed by Small Unmanned Aircraft Operations in Controlled Airspace

On July 23, 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expanded the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC)—the system that processes airspace approvals for sUAS operators in controlled airspa…

Integrating Aviation Technology, Emergency Services, and Human Resilience: Considerations from Social Scientists

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have a range of applications within the field of disaster response. This presentation offers a novel framework of psychosocial considerations designed to advance UAS and disaster management …

Clearing the Approach Path: Evaluation of Pilot Spotting of Small Unmanned Aircraft During Final

Unmanned aircraft sightings by pilots, air traffic controllers, and other aviation stakeholders have spiked in recent years. Since the Federal Aviation Administration began tracking UAS sightings in 2014, UAS sightings h…

Exploring Dynamic Delegated Corridors and 4D Required Navigation Performance Trajectory to Enable UAM Aircraft to Integrate into the Existing Airspace System

Increased traffic congestion on urban road networks has impacted the travel time for commuters in highly populated urban centers. Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is recognized as a system that transports the passenger and air c…

Measuring Fatigue and Sleepiness in Collegiate Aviation Pilots

The National Transportation Safety Board has communicated the need to reduce fatigue related accidents through the top ten most wanted list.

Dynamic Delegated Corridors and 4D Required Navigation Performance for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Airspace Integration

Increased traffic congestion on urban road networks has impacted the travel time for commuters in highly populated urban centers. Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is recognized as a system that transports the passenger and air c…

Analysis of Part 135 Aircraft Accidents to Facilitate Flight Data Monitoring

The scheduled and on-demand air services with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 certificate are operating with relatively less stringent safety program criteria compared to Part 121 operations.

Analyzing the Threats of the Failure of Visual Awareness during a Visual Approach for Transport Category Aircraft

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk posed by the failure of visual awareness during visual approaches for transport category aircraft.

Analysis of the ICAO USOAP Results in the Persian Gulf Region and its Relation to the Economic Indicators

Converting the Aircraft Passenger’s Cabin to an Airship When There Is a Danger of Crash

From the beginning of the airplane invention until now, many kinds of airliners have been introduced by different companies to transport the people throughout the world.

Simulation Analysis of the Effects of Performance-Based Navigation on Fuel and Block Time Efficiency

The commercial aviation industry has been grown steadily in the past decade in terms of the number of flights operated and passengers traveled.

Cleared to Land: Pilot Visual Detection of Small Unmanned Aircraft During Final Approach

Sighting reports of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by pilots, air traffic controllers, and other aviation stakeholders have continued to rise since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began tracking in 2014.

Low Level Turbulence Detection For Airports

Abstract—— Low level wind shear and turbulence present a serious safety risk to aircraft during the approach, landing and take-off phases. Despite many advances in on-board and ground based warning systems.

Crew Resource Management for Large Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Abstract The author explored the application of crew resource management (CRM) principles to commercial flight operations conducted by large unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

Small Unmanned Aircraft System Operator Compliance with Visual Line of Sight Requirements

Operating small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) without appropriate waivers and risk mitigations presents a serious hazard to manned aircraft and other users of the National Airspace …

Effects of Exit Doors and Number of Passengers on Airport Evacuation Effeciency Using Agent Based Simulation

Many factors determine the efficiency of evacuation at an airport during emergencies. These factors are very complicated and many times, unpredictable.

Gender Difference in Situation Awareness when Receiving Wayfinding Direction by Landmarks and Headings

This paper explores how gender differences affect wayfinding strategies and how gender differences and wayfinding preferences can explain variances with situation awareness (SA) in dynamic environments.

Personal Safety Culture: A New Measure for General Aviation Pilots

Safety culture has been a subject of research for over three decades and is now widely accepted as a critical component of organizational safety programs both domestically and internationally.

UAS Maintenance: A Critical Component in Maintaining Airworthiness

Over the last several decades, the notion of traditional aircraft design has significantly changed. While there are many modern aircraft that resemble earlier models, their components, systems, and overall architecture h…

UAS Pilots Code: Tools to Advance UAS Safety & Professionalism

As unmanned aircraft operations become more ubiquitous in the National Airspace System, one of the key remaining challenges is instilling the precepts of safety culture, aviation professionalism, airmanship, and effectiv…

sUAS: Cybersecurity Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Exploits

The FAA predicts that purchases of hobbyist small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) will grow from 1.9 million in 2016 to 4.3 million by 2020, and commercial sUAS to increase from 600,000 in 2016 to 2.7 million by 2020.

Assessing Small UAS Operator Flight Behavior and Potential Interference with Aviation Operations in Controlled Airspace

The rapid rise of small UAS (sUAS) operations in the National Airspace System is generating an increasing concern about possible interference with manned aircraft.

Book Review: Fundamentals of International Aviation

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Building Evidence the Federal Aviation Administration's UAS Safety Strategy Needs Improvement

The growth of unmanned aircraft operations within the National Airspace System (NAS) reveal an uptick of alarming safety indicators that suggest unmanned aircraft system (UAS) regulatory policy may require adjustment.

Called to Safety? Individual and Combined Effects of Safety Climate and Occupational Callings on Aviator Safety Performance

This study examined the individual and combined effects of two potential antecedents to aviation-related safety performance: safety climate and occupational callings.