Passenger Safety in Civil Aviation

2016 ◽  
pp. 820-827
Keyword(s):  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Passenger Safety

scholarly journals Oliver Tambo International Airport, South Africa: Land-Use Conflicts Between Airports and Wildlife Habitats

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance Robinson ◽  
Kevin Mearns ◽  
Tracey McKay
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
International Airport ◽  
Passenger Safety ◽  
Density Analysis ◽  
Kernel Density Analysis

Airports stimulate tourism and trade and are a vital link in any country’s tourism infrastructure and economy. Large airports such as South Africa’s busiest airport, the OR Tambo International Airport, in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, are usually located on the periphery of cities, usually on land that forms part of the peri-urban economy, reserved perhaps for farming or left undeveloped. As a result, such land often becomes a wildlife haven within the more “urbanized” or developed areas. Unfortunately, this places wildlife, especially birds on a collision course with aircraft. So much so that bird and other animal strikes cost the aviation industry millions of US dollars annually. Therefore, it is essential to reduce the number of wildlife strikes, not only lower the risk of damage to aircraft, increase passenger safety and reduce operational delays, but also prevent a decline in local wildlife populations. Thus, this paper argues that South Africa must improve its management of land-use close to airports to minimize the potential for wildlife strikes. In that regard, this study catalogs the different habitats and land-use types surrounding OR Tambo International Airport, identifying potential bird hazard zones using kernel density analysis. This identifies which areas pose the highest risk of bird strikes. Although land-use and land zoning by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recommends a 13 km buffer zone around airports, this study shows that land-use in the buffer zone must also take potential bird strikes into account. Thus, airport operators need to work with land-use planning authorities and neighboring stakeholders to do so.

A Request for Regulatory Revision

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
Kyung In Yoo ◽  
Jan M. Davies
Keyword(s):  
Civil Aviation ◽  
International Civil Aviation Organization ◽  
Position Information ◽  
Passenger Safety ◽  
Airline Passenger ◽  
Physical Effects ◽  
International Airline

Although aviation grows safer, accidents still occur, with unanticipated/unplanned and anticipated/planned emergency landings. The latter give passengers time to adopt the brace position before landing. Bracing minimizes the physical effects of multiple, sequential impacts in a crash. Passengers who do not brace are more likely to be injured and less likely to escape unaided from the aircraft, with risk of further injury or death. Passenger safety cards include brace position information, but most preflight passenger briefings omit information and demonstration about bracing. These are airline specific and, with a few exceptions, not required by national aviation regulations, because of a lack of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements. If ICAO regulations required brace position briefings, these would help improve international airline passenger safety.

Child Passenger Safety Improving in Some Areas

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 58-59
Author(s):  
MELINDA TANZOLA
Keyword(s):  
Child Passenger Safety ◽  
Passenger Safety

Pediatricians Not Savvy About Passenger Safety

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
KERRI WACHTER
Keyword(s):  
Passenger Safety

Personality Measurement and Profile in a European Sample of Civil Airline Pilots

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 791-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Mesarosova ◽  
Alex B. Siegling ◽  
Rachel A. Plouffe ◽  
Donald H. Saklofske ◽  
Martin M. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Personality Profile ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Airline Pilots ◽  
Pilot Sample

Abstract. The study examined the psychometric properties of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R, UK edition) in a large European sample of civil airline pilots. The NEO PI-R is a comprehensive and robust measure of personality that has been validated across cultures and contexts. Furthermore, the personality profile of the pilot sample was examined and compared to a normative sample representing the UK working population. Data from 591 pilots (95.1% male) were collected. Analyses include the internal reliability and factorial validity (precisely, Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling) to examine the measurement equivalence of the NEO PI-R with reference to UK norms ( N = 1,301). Internal reliability estimates of the NEO PI-R scores were good at the domain level, but generally weak at the facet level. The structural model in the pilot sample was congruent with the general working population sample. Furthermore, there was convincing evidence for a distinct personality profile of civil pilots, although the stability of this profile will require further validation. The NEO PI-R’s validity in the assessment of general personality in civil airline pilots is discussed, along with implications of the results for the utility of personality assessment in civil aviation contexts.

Importance of Personal Data Protection Law for Commercial Air Transport

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Dawid Zadura
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Data Protection Law ◽  
The Law

Abstract In the review below the author presents a general overview of the selected contemporary legal issues related to the present growth of the aviation industry and the development of aviation technologies. The review is focused on the questions at the intersection of aviation law and personal data protection law. Massive processing of passenger data (Passenger Name Record, PNR) in IT systems is a daily activity for the contemporary aviation industry. Simultaneously, since the mid- 1990s we can observe the rapid growth of personal data protection law as a very new branch of the law. The importance of this new branch of the law for the aviation industry is however still questionable and unclear. This article includes the summary of the author’s own research conducted between 2011 and 2017, in particular his audits in LOT Polish Airlines (June 2011-April 2013) and Lublin Airport (July - September 2013) and the author’s analyses of public information shared by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Air Transport Association (IATA), Association of European Airlines (AEA), Civil Aviation Authority (ULC) and (GIODO). The purpose of the author’s research was to determine the applicability of the implementation of technical and organizational measures established by personal data protection law in aviation industry entities.

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