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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…

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.

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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.

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 …

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…

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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.

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.

Airline Quality Rating 2005

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.

Assessing the Effects of September 11 Events on Flight Training

On September 11, 2001 the U.S. and the World witnessed the atrocities that terrorists inflicted. These tragic events have changed the approach for aviation security planning, management and policy.

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The Effects of Air Traffic Control Privatization on Operating Cost and Flight Safety

The purpose of this study was to determine if privatization of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) System would cause a reduction in ATC operating cost and improve air traffic safety.

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Lightning Strikes on Commercial Aircraft: How the Airlines Are Coping

The hazard posed by lightning strikes is an important issue in commercial aviation. Extensive research into methods for coping with lightning strikes has been continuing for many years.

Airline Fuel Hedging: An Overview of Hedging Solutions Available to Airlines

Over the past several years airlines have been struggling to cope with a barrage of challenging economic conditions and have been very creative in reducing cost.

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Farewell Comrade

The man in the coffin, the body in the coffin, was not he. For one thing, he needed a cigar. Those thin, colorless lips clamped tightly together would have told me he was dead even if all the other clues had been absent.…

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The Respectability of Collegiate Aviation as an Academic Discipline: Have We Arrived Yet?

With a growing popularity of new programs since the latter part of the 20th century, collegiate aviation has made significant gains in US colleges and universities particularly through University Aviation Association (UA…

An Assessment of Intensive/Weekend Teaching Format of Aviation Education: A Case of Aviation Law

Although most universities in the United States (U.S.) have launched off-campus education for working adults, the quality of such an educational format remains skeptical to many educators who exchange knowledge mainly vi…

An Approach to Determine the Need for Expanding Small Airports: A Case Study

Airports play an important role in the economic vitality of communities and surrounding areas. In developing and expanding an airport, there are many different variables that must be taken into account.

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A Step Toward Early PC-Based Training That Reduces Risk: The Effects of Practicing an “Instrument Referenced” Skill Pattern on “Visually Referenced” Performance of Beginning Flight Students

A matched pairs design was used to evaluate the effects of instrument referenced skill pattern practice on a Personal Computer-Based Aviation Training Device (PCATD) on beginning flight student performance in the field (…

Yield Management in the Airline Industry

"This is it! This is a shot across our bow! If we don't invent a way to deal with (yield management), we're history!" - Donald Burr, Former CEO of People's Express.

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Application of Low Speed Wind Tunnels in Teaching Basic Aerodynamics

Undergraduate programs that include one or more courses on basic aerodynamics, including those that are introductory to undergraduate engineering programs, can benefit from the use of low speed wind tunnels.

Low-Level Windshear and Its Impact on Airlines

The hazards posed by low-level windshear are an important issue in commercial aviation. Extensive research into methods for coping with low-level windshear has been continuing for many years.

Invasive Iguanas as Airstrike Hazards at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Green iguanas are large lizards exotic to Puerto Rico, but abundant around Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) in metropolitan San Juan, where we assessed their potential as an airstrike hazard.

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