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Ethics in Aviation Education

Ethics and professionalism are an integral part of the aviation industry. High professional and ethical standards are required of everyone in the chain from the designer to the pilot to ensure safe flight operations.

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The Academic Tenure-Review Process: An Asset or Liability to Collegiate Aviation?

Collegiate aviation educators need to take a hard look at the tenure-review process and ask, "Does the current process of reviewing and granting tenure need to be changed and, if so, why, and how can those changes be eff…

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Educational Opportunities in Aviation Education

Editor's Note: This speech was given at the fifth annual General Aviation Forecast Conference on March 17, 199.5, in Phoenix, Ariz. This speech presents a synopsis of the ability of the University Aviation Association (U…

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Reflective Judgment and Assertive Behavior in Crew Resource Management: A Theoretical Approach

The recurring theme of pilot error in aircraft accidents provides no startling revelation to aviation professionals and researchers. In an effort to reduce pilot error, which is a major contributor to aircraft accidents,…

The Bootstrap Approach to Predicting Airplane Flight Performance

The Bootstrap Approach (TBA) to fight performance is, for fixed-pitch propeller-driven airplanes, a set of simple formulas in nine aircraft parameters-four from brief flight tests-plus the variables of aircraft weight an…

Human Circadian Rhythms and the Shift Work Practices of Air Traffic Controllers

This research investigates human circadian rhythms and describes how they are affected by different types of shift work rotation patterns.

The Effect of the Course “Women in Aviation” on College Student Attitudes Regarding Women in the Career Field of Aviation

This study was undertaken to determine whether the course "Women in Aviation” had an effect over the time period of the course on college student attitudes on women in aviation.

Battle 2000: The New Jet Entrants Versus the Regional Partners?

An airline economics war that will determine the future pattern of air service in many U.S. short- and intermediate-haul markets is under way.

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Should Colleges and Universities Develop Special Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Programs for Flight Students?

Although the evidence is circumstantial, there are reasons to assume that some college flight students suffer problems relating to excessive alcohol use.

Study of Demand for Light, Primary Training Aircraft in Collegiate Aviation

Virtually no light, primary training airplanes are being produced in the United States. An exploratory study was undertaken to establish the demand for U.S.-produced light, primary training airplanes in collegiate aviati…

Analysis of the Case Writing Method for College Teaching

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a quantitative analysis of students' perspective of the case writing methodology.

Cockpit Resource Management Training: Are Current Instructional Methods Likely to be Successful?

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the Spring 1991 issue. It is reprinted due to its continuing value and timeliness. Investigators and members of the National Transportation Safety Board attribute the ca…

The European Joint Aviation Authorities: Meeting the Challenges of International Cooperation

Even before the Treaty of Maastricht was signed in 1992, European leaders were looking toward a union of nation-states held together not by force but by a common goal to promote European trade, culture, economics, and te…

Aviation Safety as a Function of Pilot Experience: Rationale or Rationalization?

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the Spring 1992 issue. It is reprinted due to its continuing value and timeliness. This study tests the effectiveness of an experience model in predicting aviation safet…

What Should Be Included in a Complete Aviation Education?

It may be hard to believe, but most faculty members once shared many of the same needs and concerns as today's undergraduate students. Foremost of those needs was to get a job and pay back our debts.

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A Model for Developing an Airport Security Plan

In order to protect passengers, staff, airlines, aircraft, and property, airports should develop, implement, and maintain a system security plan.

Aeronautical Decision-Making and University Aviation Association Certified Flight Instructors

Aviation experts and researchers have long known that pilot error is the major cause of aircraft accidents. Estimates of pilot error as a contributor to aviation accidents range from 50 to 90% (Diehl, 1989).

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Flight Anxiety: Predictors and Implications for Learning

Fifty-seven randomly selected male and female student pilots enrolled in the large aviation program of a Midwestern university completed this study.

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Postsecondary Aviation Programs in the United States: 1950 and 1985

This study examined aviation programs in accredited postsecondary institutions in the United States for the years 1950 and 1985. The goals were to compare schools with aviation programs in operation in 1985 with those in…

Leisure Travel Market Potential for a High Speed Civil Transport

A second-generation supersonic airliner, known as the High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT), is now on the drawing boards to replace mid-life Concorde and to expand into longer-range markets beginning early next century.

Success in Aviation Education: A National Survey of Secondary Aviation Magnet Programs

In 1925, Galt High School in California established the first recorded public school flight-training program. The flight and aviation education offered there quite likely represents the first application of aerospace edu…

Learning Takes Flight ’93: Award-Winning Educators Use Aviation to Spark Student Achievement

Nine teachers from six states were chosen as 1993 winners of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) annual Award for Excellence in Aviation Education.

Graduate Education in Airport Administration: Preparing Airport Managers for the 21st Century

Growing numbers of students pursuing management careers in aviation are seeking graduate degrees to prepare for the complex and evolving challenges in the aviation industry.

Analysis and Results of National Study on Women in Collegiate Aviation

This research investigation collected and analyzed information that can be used to examine the reasons for the seemingly low number of women in the U.S. collegiate aviation educational system.

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Darwin Would Be Justifiably Proud

As the international aviation community awaits U.S. government action on the report of the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry (1993), Charles Darwin would be justifiably proud.

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Testing for the Existence of the Pilot Personality Profile in Collegiate Professional Pilot Candidates

This study explored the existence of the so-called pilot's personality profile in collegiate professional pilot candidates, based on selected factors of the Edwards Personality Preference Schedule (EPPS).

Professional Pilot Studies: Proposed Content

Professional pilot collegiate aviation curricula vary not only in depth of information, but also in topical content area. Although fundamental flight-related skills are clearly important, future graduates must be familia…

Training Pilots or Educating Captains? A Framework for Collegiate Ab Initio Programs

During the past five years, several studies have been conducted to assess the future availability of airline pilots and other aviation professionals (McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Co., 1989; Sypher-Mueller International, 19…

An Evaluation of Cockpit Resource Management Training in Qantas

This study reports an evaluation of a Cockpit Resource Management (CRM) training program at Qantas Airlines in Australia. Four sets of survey data were gathered: Two from crew involved in CRM and a specific Line Oriented…

A Comparative Analysis of Airline Pilots’ Approaches to Learning

This paper reports a study investigating approaches to learning (deep, surface, achieving) by airline pilots. Three hundred and forty-six respondents from five international airlines and an institute completed the Pilot …

Too Little Too Late

Few readers of this page would disagree that the U.S. air carrier system is in a shambles and the situation has gotten no better in the most recent past.

Airway Science (AWS): A Promise Kept or an Opportunity Missed?

It seems like only yesterday that J. Lynx Helms, then administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), proposed a plan to develop a baccalaureate-level education program intended to better prepare future FAA m…