Aviation research, sourced & cited.

Impact of human factors for student pilots in approved flight training organizations in Korea

Statistics for aviation accidents in Korea show that the safety level of training flights is high. However, of the accidents that do occur, more than 80% occur due to human factors.

Invited Presentation: Flight Research

Loss of Control in Flight, Leading Cause of Passenger Deaths Worldwide

Invited Presentation: Aviation Security & Policy

Issues in Aviation Security and Policy

Welcome & Keynote Presentation

1. Introduction to A3IR-Con 2. Chancellor’s Welcome 3. Conference Moderator & Keynote Introductions

2014 Conference Proceedings - Cover & Contents

Privacy, Restriction, and Regulation Involving Federal, State and Local Legislation: More Hurdles for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Integration?

With the Congressional mandate for the integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) to begin by 2015, significant interest in UAS investment, operations, and research has taken place…

A3IR-CORE at Purdue University: An Innovative Partnership Between Faculty, Students, and Industry

Economic realities have begun to motivate public higher education institutions to reexamine their roles in the overall educational process and the associated funding mechanisms that are extant.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation That Never Was

This article attempts to add to the history of early aviation in the US by focusing on a specific aircraft accident and the context in which it occurred.

Effect of NMB Voting Change on Airline Unionization

In 2010 the National Mediation Board made two significant changes to the application of the Railway Labor Act. Election rules were revised allowing employees to certify a union as their collective bargaining entity if a …

Sensitivity Analysis of Optimum Tutor Staffing Schedule using Discrete Event Simulation

This study utilized the discrete-event simulation (DES) approach to optimize the daily tutor cost for the Unified Tutoring Center, located at the Daytona Beach campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Correlates of Continued Visual Flight Rules (VFR) into Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) General Aviation Accidents

General aviation accidents result in the loss of millions of dollars and hundreds of lives each year. Among these, a fifth are weather related and have an extremely high lethality rate.

Book Review: Understanding the Misunderstandings in Pilot-Controller Dialogue

Misunderstandings in any environment can be detrimental, if not counterproductive, to the intentions, expectations, or objective(s) of any communication, but in complex airspace congested by heavy traffic, pilot-controll…

JAAER Back Issues as of March 2014

Airline Quality Rating 2013

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.

To Regulate or Not: That is the Question

In some ways the discussion over whether an industry should be re-regulated is an academic discussion. With over 30 years of operating as a deregulated aviation industry, it would be a herculean task to change directions…

Back Matter

Editor's Forum

Assessing Safety Culture within a Flight Training Organization

This study was prompted by multiple aircraft hull losses experienced by a multinational, multi-campus flight training organization. A mixed methods study was conducted to assess the attitude and perceptions of the operat…

Vol.22 No.3 Front Matter

Private Pilot Progress: Where Do We Fall Down?

This project suggests that we examine training curriculum for areas that need reinforcement. In this study the electronic flight records of sixty-seven participants enrolled in the private pilot curriculum were studied t…

Editorial Focus

Front Matter Fall 2013 Vol 23 No 1

Front Matter

Spirit Airlines: Achieving a Competitive Advantage Through Ultra-Low Costs

Large losses between 2004 and 2006 brought Spirit Airlines to the verge of failure. With capital infusions from two private equity groups and a new cost focus strategy patterned after Europe's Ryanair, Spirit proclaimed …

The Perceived Benefits of Airbag Systems in General Aviation Aircraft

Airbags have been used in cars for years and are just starting to be developed for used in General Aviation (GA) aircraft but there exists a perception that aircraft airbag systems may be more harmful than beneficial.

Editor's Forum

A Design for Inspiring Students with Near-Space Exploration

The prevalence of overseas success in engineering education represents a significant threat to the United States. Once the dominant force in advancing technology, the U.S.

Predictive Power of English Testing: Training International Flight Students

Due to the impending pilot shortage in Asian countries many prospective students are being sent to the United States to receive their initial flight training.

The Future of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Pilot Qualification

One of the major issues facing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) integration into the National Airspace System (NAS) is pilot qualification.

Editor's Forum

Welcome to another issue of the JAAER. We are pleased to share three exciting articles with you. Our first article addresses an interesting issue: what effect do certain variables have on how employees respond to trainin…

Table of Contents

Back Matter

The Wright Lawsuit

While the flights of the Wright brothers over a century ago have enshrined their names in aeronautical history, only slightly less important are the lawsuits brought forth by the brothers in defense of their invention.

Measuring Demand for Access to Regional Airports: An Application of Zero-Inflated Poisson Regression

The demand for access to regional airports is measured by the counts of area navigation (RNA V)/required navigation (RNP) procedures filed in the flight plan and collected by the Federal Aviation Administration's host co…

Predicting Impact of Maintenance Resource Management Training Utilizing Individual Difference Variables

Human error has been identified as a leading cause of accidents and incidents in many "high-consequence" industries, such as aviation and medicine.

Back Matter

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Airline Quality Rating 2012

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.

Editor's Forum

The Digital to Analog Risk: Should We Teach New Dogs Old Tricks?

Imagine being competent and certified to fly under both visual and instrument rules in a single engine aircraft. Then imagine flying cross country, entering actual instrument conditions and having the stark realization t…

Spring Vol.21 No.3 Front Matter

Homogenous Learning Styles Among Airport Management Professionals

Research on the career paths of airport management professionals included an assessment of learning styles to better understand the psychological profile of those in this career field.

Back Matter

Not Just a Student Problem: Plagiarism in Aviation Academic Research

Plagiarism has long been a concern for educators. However, research literature has indicated that faculty and researchers have themselves conducted plagiarism at alarming rates.

Editor's Forum

The Certainty of Uncertainty: Understanding and Exploiting Probability-Based Aviation Weather Products

Probability-based weather forecasts (i.e., forecasts that quantify uncertainty) have been available for certain weather elements for over 40 years; for example, the probability of precipitation forecast.

Back Matter

Mixed Methods Study of Demand Determinants of Airline Coach and Saddle Seats

The SkyRider seat was presented in September 2010 at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in California as a potential strategy to decrease space between seat rows and increase the revenue generating capacity of an airline.

The Evolution of the ATC Selection and Training Process

This paper explores the history of the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) selection and training process, showing how the process has evolved in an attempt to select a highly qualified and diverse controller workforce.