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Meteorological Impacts on Commercial Aviation Delays and Cancellations in the Continental United States

Weather creates numerous operational and safety hazards within the National Airspace System (NAS). In 2014, extreme weather events attributed 4.3% to the total number of delay minutes recorded by the Bureau of Transporta…

Human Performance Contributions to Safety in Commercial Aviation

Pilot Fatigue—A Study on the Effectiveness of Flight and Duty Time Regulations for Professional Pilots in Canada

This report summarizes the findings of a study conducted in 2016-2017, which analyzed the effectiveness of flight and duty time (FDT) regulations for professional pilots in Canada.

How are laser attacks encountered in commercial aviation? A hazard analysis based on systems theory

Abstract Laser attacks in commercial aviation have become headline news worldwide and the frequency of incidents has increased. A review of the research regarding lasers in commercial aviation shows the need for a system…

Distributed measurement system based on CAN data bus

Purpose This paper aims to describe the idea behind and design of a miniaturized distributed measurement system based on a controller area network (CAN) data bus.

Monitoring Pilot's Cognitive Fatigue with Engagement Features in Simulated and Actual Flight Conditions Using an Hybrid fNIRS-EEG Passive BCI

There is growing interest for implementing tools to monitor cognitive performance in naturalistic environments. Recent technological progress has allowed the development of new generations of brain imaging systems such a…

Commercial Aviation Safety Survey

Aircraft Mass Estimation using Quick Access Recorder Data

Aircraft mass is the most important parameter airliners use to determine how much cargo and fuel they should take for the flight to maximize their profit while keep the total weight under the safety limit.

A Data-Driven Fuel Consumption Estimation Model for Airspace Redesign Analysis

A novel data-driven model for fast assessment of terminal airspace redesigns regarding system-level fuel burn is proposed in this paper.

Development of Possible Go-Around Criteria for Transport Aircraft

This paper adds data to help with the development of possible go-around criteria for transport category aircraft. Presently, airline procedures state that pilots make a go-around decision using multiple criteria at 1000 …

Virtual reality to augment robot-assisted gait training in non-ambulatory patients with a subacute stroke: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND Active performance is crucial for motor learning, and, together with motivation, is believed to be associated with a better rehabilitation outcome.

Insights for Critical Alarm-Based Warning Systems from a Risk Analysis of Commercial Aviation Passenger Screening

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently commissioned a risk analysis of the passenger threat vector in which an adversary gains access through the screening checkpoint.

Cyclic fatigue resistance of R‐Pilot, HyFlex EDM and PathFile nickel‐titanium glide path files in artificial canals with double (S‐shaped) curvature

R-Pilot NiTi glide path files, used in a reciprocating motion, had the greatest cyclic fatigue resistance amongst the tested NiTi slide path files in an artificial S-shaped canal.

Parallels in safety between aviation and healthcare.

Pilots pioneered ways to address risks through crew resource management (CRM), and threat and error management (TEM), which are applicable to surgery and the healthcare industry.

Factors contributing to the risk of airline pilot fatigue

Cyclic fatigue resistance of R-Pilot, WaveOne Gold Glider, and ProGlider glide path instruments

It is reported that novel reciprocating glide path instruments exhibited higher cyclic fatigue resistance than rotating glide path instrument.

Effects of flare operation on landing safety: A study based on ANOVA of real flight data

Regulation or criminalisation: What determines legal standards of safety culture in commercial aviation?

Abstract This paper highlights that further development of safety culture as a quantifiable standard presents a considerable dilemma to policy makers.

Sleep on Long Haul Layovers and Pilot Fatigue at the Start of the Next Duty Period.

In this dataset, circadian end-time of layovers is a key determinant of pilot fatigue status at the beginning of the inbound duty period.

Analysis of the crash of a transport aircraft and assessment of fuzzy-logic stall recovery

Analysis of potential wake vortex encounters at a major European airport

Efficient clear air turbulence avoidance algorithms using IoT for commercial aviation

With the growth of commercial aviation over the last few decades there have been many applications designed to improve the efficiency of flight operations as well as safety and security.

The Look of Tiredness: Evaluation of Pilot Fatigue Based on Video Recordings

Feasibility and Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Training on Balance and GaitRecovery Early after Stroke: A Pilot Study

Objective: To investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of virtual reality training for improving balance and/or gait during inpatient rehabilitation of patients within 12 weeks after stroke.

Decision Making in Complex Environments

Bayesian probability theory, signal detection theory, and operational decision theory are combined to understand how one can operate effectively in complex environments, which requires uncommon skill sets for performance…

Investigating pilot’s decision making when facing an unstabilized approach: an eye-tracking study

Measurement and analysis of certain flight parameters based on MEMS sensors

Abstract. Gyroscopes established one of the fundamental references for attitude and heading in aerospace applications. The information about angular velocities gives input not only for autopilot, but also damping devices…

Structuring an effective human error intervention strategy selection model for commercial aviation

Anomaly detection of aircraft engine in FDR (flight data recorder) data

This paper deals with detection of anomalous behaviour of aircraft engines in FDR (flight data recorder) data to improve airline maintenance operations.

FDM Machine Learning: An investigation into the utility of neural networks as a predictive analytic tool for go around decision making

The purpose of this research is to investigate the utility of neural networks in modeling decisions using historic aircraft flight data and low error rates with testing data indicate the success of the network in predict…

Time Series Analysis Methods and Applications for Flight Data

This chapter defines what is a flight data recorder (FDR) and provides its history by outlining the different types of FDR from pioneering type to the most recent one.

Nonintrusive pilot fatigue monitoring

Bayesian Sensitivity Analysis of Flight Parameters in a Hard-Landing Analysis Process

A flight parameter sensor simulation model was developed to assess the conservatism of the landing gear component loads calculated using a typical hard-landing analysis process.

Late Morning Concurrent Sessions: Innovations in Aviation Technologies: Presentation: Relative Material Loss: A Methodology for Assessing Island Airport Steel Marine Bulkheads

A July 2015 report from the Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) states “U.S. airports are long overdue for [a] major structural improvement projects. Most U.S.

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Psychophysiological Sensing and State Classification for Attention Management in Commercial Aviation

These initial results are a first step toward the goal of demonstrating simultaneous real time classification of multiple states using multiple sensing modalities in high-fidelity flight simulators.

The global commercial aviation industry

Selling safety: the use of celebrities in improving awareness of safety in commercial aviation

Results suggest that celebrities do increase the recall of safety-related information and subtitles were found to be effective, however, only in the presence of representative in-cabin aircraft noise.

Safety Culture in commercial aviation: differences in perspective between Chinese and Western pilots

Analysis of Flight Data Using Clustering Techniques for Detecting Abnormal Operations

The new method, enabled by data from the flight data recorder, applies clustering techniques to detect abnormal flights of unique data patterns and can support domain experts in detecting anomalies and associated risks f…

Examination of excessive fuel consumption for transport jet aircraft based on fuzzy-logic models of flight data

The fuzzy-logic modeling (FLM) technique will be employed to establish the reference lift-to-drag (L/D) model and flight data will be used to enhance fuel efficiency for commercial transports to reduce fuel consumption.

Employing humour and celebrities to manipulate passengers’ attention to pre-flight safety briefing videos in commercial aviation

Effects of sleep/wake history and circadian phase on proposed pilot fatigue safety performance indicators

The Karolinska Sleepiness Scale and Samn–Perelli fatigue ratings, and psychomotor vigilance task performance and mixed‐model analysis of variance examined associations between these measures and sleep/wake history, after…

Atmospheric Weather Balloon for Near Space Research

Atmospheric Weather Balloon for Near Space Research The Society for S.P.A.C.E. has been working on the development of a weather balloon that will reach a height of 80 to 100 thousand feet and will collect data from the a…

Commercial Aviation Safety, 5th Edition By Clarence Rodrigues;Stephen Cusick

The Impact of Safety Management Systems on Safety Performance: Commercial Aviation Operations

Examining the Effectiveness of Pre-Flight Cabin Safety Announcements in Commercial Aviation