Ethics in Aviation

 If you have traveled by commercial air a time or two, then you have most likely experienced the dreaded delayed flight. It is just one of those things that are hard to plan for. One of the main causes for these delays is the weather, but more specifically, thunderstorms. Thunderstorms can sometimes completely stop all operations of an airport, from not letting airplanes take off or even land, to preventing or slowing down ground operations. So why do thunderstorms have this much of an effect? A lot of it has to do with what comes with it. The obvious danger is the lightings strikes, but there are a few more hazards that come with these thunderstorms. For instance, wind shear is a sudden change in the direction of the wind, this can be especially dangerous during takeoff and landing. The storm could cause hail or even icing of the aircraft, and this could stop the aircraft from functioning properly. Then in extreme cases, the storm could cause tornados, I’m sure you can guess how t...

Have you ever looked up what jobs are the most stressful? Well, if you have you probably saw Air Traffic Control (ATC) near the top of every list. One of the things that makes this job stressful is the fact that they must keep accountability of a lot of moving parts and one small mistake could cost the lives of hundreds of people. It is for this reason that ATC is split up into a few different entities so that all the responsibility is not just put on one person or group of people. The two that we will focus on are the Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) and the Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON).                                                      ATCT mostly deals with all the ground traffic, this includes movement to the...

 There are a lot of different environmental factors that affect airports. As a manager, you must assess these impacts and decide the severity of each of them, and if possible, find ways to reduce the impact of the factor. One of these environmental factors is noise pollution. The noise of an airport may not seem to be anything more than annoying, but unfortunately, noise pollution can have many negative effects on people exposed to it. Some of these effects include it could keep people from being able to sleep which will affect their overall health, children have been known to struggle academically from overexposure to airport noises, this could also affect adults work productivity.  One of the more serious effects of this noise is that it will increase the chance of someone suffering from cardiovascular disease.                            ...