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Recent accidents; growth in regional airline traffic; new, low-cost start-up carriers; contract maintenance activities; and increased media attention all have served to heighten awareness of commercial aviation safety in the 1990s. Using the 5-M model - Man, Machine, Medium, Mission, and Management - as a structure for this text, Wells integrates the latest research in human factors, air traffic systems, and aircraft technologies to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the subject.
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Wells (professor emeritus, aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) and Rodrigues (applied aviation science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) have added new material on today's ground and air security concerns, changes in systems and regulations, and new maintenance and flight technologies to this fourth edition of a text for students, especially those with a limited background in the subject,enrolled in aviation safety and/or management programs and college or university flight programs. With the introduction of coauthor Rodrigues,the book broadens its field of study to include regulatory information on OSHA, EPA, and TSA. (Sci-Tech Book News 2004-06-01)
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Commercial Aviation Safety, Second Edition. Recent accidents; growth in regional airline traffic; new, low-cost start-up carriers; contract maintenance activities; and increased media attention all have served to heighten awareness of commercial aviation safety in the 1990s. Using the 5-M model Man, Machine, Medium, Mission, and Management as a structure for this text, Well integrates the latest research in human factors, air traffic systems, and aircraft technologies to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the subject. A solid foundation of reference ideal for students and professionals in the field of safety, the second edition of Commercial Aviation Safety covers: the regulatory framework; The latest commercial aviation accident statistics and data analysis; Methods of measuring air transportatin safety; Human factors and the managing of human error; Air traffic system technologies designed to improve safety; Development of aircraft technologies for the twenty-first century; The role of airline management in organizing for safety; The functions of the FAA and the flight Stadards Service in promoting safety; The NTSB and major investigations druing the 1980s and early 1990s.
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- PublisherMcGraw-Hill Inc.,US
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0070693455
- ISBN 13 9780070693456
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number2
- Number of pages340
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