ASCI 202

                Laws and regulations in past or present shape the aviation industry future. The unfortunate subject behind laws and regulations is that it is usually initiated due to a prior incident(s). Legislative acts are signed for the safety of passengers and all the way down to how much fuel emissions are emitted through an aircraft. Most laws and regulations may seem monotonous, but the goal is to create a safer more reliable aviation industry.                 May 20 th , 1926; Congress made one of the best decisions in legislative history, passing the Air Commerce Act. The Air Commerce Act placed in federal hands responsibility for fostering air commerce, establishing new airways, improving aids to navigation, and making and enforcing flight safety rules (Glass, 2013, Para. 1). This act shaped the aviation industry in numerous ways. The main idea behind the a...

            Human Factors in its widest definition describes all the many aspects of human performance which interact with their (aviation) environment to influence the outcome of events (Human Factors, 2019, P. 1). Human factors impact everything that is not machine generated. Human factors consist of four categories, such as, psychological, physiological, physical, and psychosocial. These categories involve a person’s stress, health, mental state and a multitude of other possible factors. Human factors are considered to have caused seventy percent of accidents in aviation. Mitigating human factors to avoid accidents or errors are a priority in not only aviation, but every work environment.             Team-based activities in aviation are a benefit to not only personnel, but also to the entire corporation.   Aircraft servicing can be a grueling occupation. Working ...

            Aviation security has dramatically increased in the pass eighteen years. September 11, 2001 was one of the biggest threats the United States faced with aviation security; since then the U.S. has spent over one-hundred billion towards more secure airplanes and airports. Trained flight crew listed seventeenth out of the twenty layers of U.S aviation security stands out the most because it is one of the last and final steps before a very real threat occurs.             Training the flight crew is extremely effective towards mitigating threats to passengers or the aircraft. Having a crew trained to defend and detect threats, such as, bombs, hostile passengers, or any suspicious activities will be deterred. With increasing threats, comes more creative ways to attack a target. TSA may able to detect physical items but cannot determine someone’s intentions. Alt...

                The loss of elevator control can be critical to an untrained pilot. The elevator in a fix-winged aircraft allows the aircraft to adjust altitude, up and down. The impact of losing the elevator can cause mid-air collisions, unable to land, and incapable to gain or loss altitude. To a trained pilot, the impact of losing the elevator is very miniscule. With a few steps the pilot can regain control of the aircrafts altitude by using the aircrafts flaps and trim.   “Throughout aviation history, there have been a few accidents due to primary control system failures. In many examples, pilots were able to maintain aircraft control through abnormal power, flap, and trim settings.” (What Can You Do If You Lose Elevator Control?, 2019, Para. 7). The pictures above shows the steps to adjust altitude with elevator failure. To raise the nose of the aircraft, the pilot must apply nose-up trim;...