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 Class, The ATC entities for this post are Gander Oceanic, Shanwick Oceanic (North Atlantic) ATC, compared to Anchorage Oceanic, Tokyo Oceanic (Pacific) ATC. These two are operations and procedures that happen in the two oceans connecting to the untied states. North Atlantic (NAT) operations are the busiest ocean airspace globally, with 460,000 average yearly flights ( North Atlantic Operations,  n.d.). Direct ATC communication and surveillance are not available in the NAT, so extreme safety measures are taken ( North Atlantic Operations,  n.d.). While over the NAT aircraft are not allowed to change route or altitude while on a flight path; aircraft must be at the designated altitude and approved on the entirety of their flight before entering the NAT region ( North Atlantic Operations,  n.d.). Flights will have a 1000 foot vertical separation, longitudinal separation of 10 minutes, and 1/2 degree of lateral separation ( North Atlantic Operations,  n.d.). In the...

  Environmental Impact Of Airport Operations Class,  An environmental impact of airport operations that plays a significant role for airport managers is airport noise. Airport managers have to make sure that the sound of the airport is not violating the city the airports are in, so they have to take precautions to keep the airport running and the city they reside in happy. Excessive noise in a city is simply an unwanted sound (Visser & Wijnen, 2008). The two main factors they have to consider are the intensity of the sound and the sound frequency (Visser & Wijnen, 2008). With these factors, they have to consider cumulative noise, which is all of the movement of an airport over a specific period (Visser & Wijnen, 2008). An airport manager needs to have the cumulative sound to an A-weighted sound level; this is the accepted community noise (Visser & Wijnen, 2008). A-weighted sound levels also change from day to night, so more acceptable noise during the day and l...

 Class, The topic for this post is the Aviation and Transporation Security Act (ATSA) (Kaplan, 2006). This act, in particular, was critical in shaping the aviation industry. The events of 9/11 are a terrible but true thing that happened, and it is the post actions that make it safe to fly on planes now, knowing all of the appropriate safety measures are being taken. The ATSA was created by the Transporation Security Administration (TSA), the act implemented more thorough screening procedures (Kaplan, 2006). The screening now included screening passengers, their bags, using metal detectors, using an explosive detection system, requiring passengers to remove their shoes, not allowing specific amounts of fluids. However, the primary institution is the many layers of security (Kaplan, 2006). Now there is an overall increase in the amount of police and security officials around airports (Kaplan, 2006). Included with these officials are armed undercover Federal Air Marshals on passenger ...

"Team-Based Human Factors Challenges"   Class, Human factors have many roles in the aviation industry. Some are good, some are bad, but the human factor is applying a human to a product, how they work on the product, their abilities, and their limitations ( About HFES,  n.d.). The human factor leads to errors because, let us face it; we are all human. In aviation, the human factor leads to accidents accounting for 80% of all accidents, mainly when pilots come in for landings or takeoffs (Aviation Supplies & Academics. (2016).  Team-related transactions that occur in aviation happen on all levels, from the top to the bottom of the totem pole. These transactions are essential for planes to leave the ground. When working on planes, there is typically more than one person per plane, so team transactions will have to happen. Workers all have their way that they work on planes. So one significant human factor related to working on the plane is the anti-authority workers (Av...

  Aviation Security Class, This discussion post will be about the emerging security threat of technology in the aviation industry. Terrorists can use a technology threat to challenge the Transportation Security Administration. The rising technology can also deter terrorists in aviation; The main problem is cybersecurity within this contactless world we live in due to COVID-19 (Karoly, 2021). The use of self-automation machines rose dramatically in 2020 and will continue to grow through our current year, 2021 (Karoly, 2021). These contactless machines give terrorists another means to locate and attack vulnerabilities (Karoly, 2021). If they could bypass these machines, they could access software systems, and TSA should be the only one to have access to these systems. This threat of cybersecurity is scary, but it will not be a problem with excellent deterrence practices. The TSA implements policies, processes, and technologies to deter these problems (Karoly, 2021). The TSA needs to ...

 Class, In this week's post, the associated problem to identify and mitigate is a hydraulic failure in a hydraulic controlled aircraft. Many problems can come with a hydraulic failure, and the worst is a complete loss of control of an aircraft. On small aircraft, it simply controls wheel brakes, retractable landing gear, and some constant-speed propellers (United States Federal Aviation Administration, 2016). On bigger commercial aircraft and larger military airplanes, the hydraulic system is utilized for major flight control systems, such as alerions, elevators, and rudders (United States Federal Aviation Administration, 2016). Four major components control hydraulic systems; hydraulic pumps, valves, plumping, and an incompressible fluid ( SKYbrary Wiki . Hydraulic Systems - SKYbrary Aviation Safety, n.d.).  The planes that do have hydraulic systems controlling the flight surfaces have a redundant system. A redundant system means that multiple hydraulic systems are controllin...