Research papers

Work-Based Learning: The Aviation Management Environment

The purpose of the study was to analyze and describe the work-based learning environment in post-secondary aviation management programs.

Crew Resource Management is Still Flourishing in a Challenging Aviation Environment

CRM is alive and well. It has grown from an obscure concept - when even pilots had to ask what the initials represented - to a universally recognized model that plays a substantial role in military, airline, and corporat…

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Workplace Conduct: One Company’s No-Nonsense Approach to Hate-Related Behavior

One morning a first-year student class was delayed when the instructor entered the classroom and discovered swastikas and race-related hate messages scrawled on some butcher paper that covered the class's easel.

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Current Trends in Air Traffic Controller Recruitment and Training

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) currently employs approximately 15,000 air traffic controllers (FAA, 2004). Over the next 10 years, more than 11,000 members of the air traffic control (ATC) workforce will becom…

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CRM is Dead

CRM is dead, at least in the U.S. No one killed it; it just passed on from natural causes, exacerbated by the evolution of the aviation industry, society and world politics.

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A Delphi Study: Expanding K-12 Student Knowledge and Interests in Aviation/Aerospace Recommendations from NASA Aerospace Education Specialists

An aging aerospace workforce coupled with declining student interest and skills beginning at the secondary level and running through the doctoral level has prompted a potential crisis in the aviation/aerospace industry.

The Effectiveness of Augmented Reality as a Facilitator of Information Acquisition in Aviation Maintenance Applications

Until recently, in the field of Augmented Reality (AR) little research attention has been paid to the cognitive benefits of this emerging technology.

Nonverbal Communications: A Commentary on Body Language in the Aviation Teaching Environment

Some time ago, while employed in the field of labor relations, as a chief negotiator for both a major and a national airline, one of the authors wrote an article on the use of and merits of 'body language' or kinesics in…

The Effects of Pedagogical Paradigms on Aviation Students with Hazardous Attitudes

Hazardous attitudes can adversely affect a pilot's judgment and thus impact the safety of a flight (FAA, 1991). These hazardous attitudes are antiauthority; impulsivity; invulnerability; macho; and, resignation.

Aviation Law: Cases and Materials

Just to clarify my position from the beginning, this is a great book. However, to avoid the very appearance of impropriety I must disclose Robert M.

AN ANALYSIS OF OPERATIONAL ERRORS AND THE INTERACTION WITH TCAS RAS

The results suggest the need to revisit the concept of down linking RA information to ATC, with the likelihood of receiving vertical clearances in opposite direction to the RA higher when the information from the pilot t…

Compassionate mind training for people with high shame and self‐criticism: overview and pilot study of a group therapy approach

On exact solutions and numerics for cold, shallow, and thermocoupled ice sheets

This three section report can be regarded as an extended appendix to (Bueler, Brown, and Lingle 2006). First we give the detailed construction of an exact solution to a standard continuum model of a cold, shallow, and th…

Airline Quality Rating 2006

The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method for assessing airline quality on combined multiple performance criteria.

A Study of U. S. Inflight Icing Accidents and Incidents, 1978 to 2002

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Transitioning to Glass Cockpit Primary Training Fleets: Implications

In late July, 2004, Ohio University had the unique opportunity to become a front-runner in one of the most significant revolutions in Technically Advanced Aircraft (TAA) training by purchasing seven new Piper Warrior III…

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ATC Best Practices: An Opportunity for Computer-Based Scoring

This paper explains how computer-based scoring of computer-generated scenarios in air traffic was designed and developed to meet the objectives of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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Professors as Architects of Student Learning

The famous French aviator, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, commented about leadership by saying, "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teac…

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Organizational Acculturation JetBlue Airways through Values-Framed Instructional Design

New initiatives across the entire spectrum of academic education are attempting to develop values-based curricula that teach ethical decision making.

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Influencing Factors in Degree Selection for Aviation Majors at Indiana State University

In many states the early years of this new century have brought new and varied challenges for higher education, the least of which is not ever-tightening institutional budgets.

Using Informal Student Feedback to Enhance Learning

Let's face it. The current process of having students evaluate their instructors is like asking diners to rate their meals. Are diners truly the best people to rate a restaurant experience? After all, many diner reviews …

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Models of Aviation Technical Communication with Augmented Reality

A fundamental characteristic of augmented reality (AR) is the overlay of computer graphics (e.g., installation instructions) on views of world objects (e.g., a section of an aircraft wing) and registration of those graph…

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Recruitment and Promotion Challenges for Aviation Faculty in U.S. Universities

Unlike traditional academic disciplines that have existed since the inception of the modem university, collegiate aviation has encountered active challenges that are inherently unique.

The Application of Scenario Based Recurrent Training to Teach Single Pilot Resource Management (SRM) Under the FAA Industry Training Standards (FITS) Program

Research indicates that improving a pilot's capability to exercise sound judgment and make informed and timely decisions may significantly improve flight safety.

Stuck in the Middle Revisited: The Case of the Airline Industry

When Porter (1980) introduced his typology of business strategies, he used Laker Airways' as an example to illustrate the danger of being stuck in the middle between the two basic types of competitive advantage, namely l…

A Profile of Charter Operators: A Survey of On-Demand Carriers

Several years ago, one of the authors made a presentation before the National Air Transportation Association Convention in Tampa, Florida concerning the elements of Aircraft Charter Pricing.

Selecting Projects for a Capstone Spacecraft Design Course from Real World Solicitations

The first decision that goes into setting the tone for a senior capstone spacecraft design course is the choice of the projects. There are several sources of ideas for design projects, including design competitions and t…

Impact of Glass Cockpit Experience on Manual Flight Skills

Modern aircraft employ a wide variety of advanced flight instrument systems that have been designed to reduce pilot workload and promote safe, efficient flight operations.

Perceptions of an Aviation Flight Practicum: A Follow-Up Study of Graduates of an Aviation Flight Practicum Course

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a follow-up survey of graduates of a collegiate aviation flight training program who completed an advanced flight practicum course prior to graduating.