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The two air traffic control entities that I am choosing to discuss compare and contrast are air route traffic control centers (ARTCCs) and terminal radar approach control (TRACON). I found both of these entities to hold vast differences in their everyday function as well as similarities in working together in everyday life.  There are currently 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs) located in major hubs across the United States, the purpose of these ARTCCs is to provide air traffic control services to aircraft operating on instrument flight rule (IFR) within controlled airspace (FAA, n.d.). ARTCCs have direct communication capabilities with IFR air traffic within their given vicinity which can range for hundreds of miles. Through this, ARTCCs provide flight plans, en route weather, and weather forecasts (Flyers, 2020). Because ARTCCs are divided into sectors, they each have their own frequency used for communications with aircraft within their sectors (Flyers, 2020). There are

Our world is changing, by us, with us and through us. Today some of the biggest concerns are the push for clean energy, the conservation of lands and to limit the carbon footprint so that future generations may live in a world that is better, cleaner and more effieicnt than the one we have today.  With that being said, I believe that the biggest concern for an airport manager is pollution, more specifically site pollution and emissions. Unfortunately, pollution is a global issue, however I will only be concerned about thoughts from articles related to the United States regarding pollution. According to the Air Transport Action Group, 2020 the aviation industry accounts for 2.1 percent of all C02 emmissions as well as aviation accounting for 12 percent of all tansportation related emmissions (Air Transport Action Group, 2020). Throughout the different stages of flight, the gasses from aircraft engines create different types of negative impacts (Sameh & Scavuzzi, 2016). On ground lev

,  Title 14 / Chapter I / Subchapter C / Part 43 / 43.12       After some pretty shallow research I have come to find what I believe is the most influential Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) for the industry. Title 14 - Chapter I - Subchapter - C - Part 43  - 43.12 Otherwise known as Maintenance records: Falsification, reproduction, or alteration.  What does this mean to me? It means negligence, it means a lack of ownership in your work. Willingly and purposefully falsefying or altering manitenance records is the coward's way of saying you cannot trust your own work so you must hide it.  This is deep for me, I have seen aircraft go down, I have seen people lose their lives because of this, I have seen people lose qualifications. I have both been a part of investigations and I have been investigated. In my 6 years eperience in engine manufacturing assembly and test, the only reason I have ever seen a rhyme or reason for someone to want to falsify maintenance records is for the simpl

     Human factors in aviation are the relationships between people, their activities, the environment and equipment. Human factors are relative points in which human error can dictate circumstances within the field of aviation. Above is a picture in what is known as the "dirty dozen" which is relative to which there are areas of concern for "human factors" within aviation.      One of the biggest team based challenges that are involved within aviation is ATC (Air Traffic Control). Air traffic controllers have one of the most stressful jobs in the world. Air traffic controllers maintain the flow of aircraft in and out of airports as well as manage flight plans, approve clearances for takeoff, and direct movement of traffic on the airport. Prior to even becoming an air traffic controller, they must undergo extensive amounts of training to reduce the risk of mishap. Some of the biggest human factors that are in effect in the tower are stress, lack of communication, pr

     One of the biggest threats I see manifesting in current day aviation is “insider threats”. Who am I labeling when I say this? I am talking about any employee in the aviation industry, (gate keeper, terminal lead, bag sorter, airline mechanics, vendors, third party contactors, cleaning crews, etc.) that have access to classified or sensitive information, people with access to restricted or classified areas. Some of these employees are careless with this information or misuse information for the purpose of negative exploitation of companies or the entirety of the aviation industry. This absolutely includes theft and damage of physical property as well.        Just from my understanding on how these threats come to be, I believe some of the biggest factors on how these insider threats manifest themselves are the firing, furlough or complacency of individuals within their given role. With covid shifting the way we conduct business on all levels, the aviation industry is no stranger

The system I am choosing to write about is autopilot (or the automated flight control system that allows for automatic control of aircraft pitch, yaw and roll move ments while in level flight or while on a set course). Autopilot can greatly assist a pilot in reducing workload to help them focus on other flight duties as well as in increasing SA (situational awareness).   When the autopilot system has failed there will be an indication in the cockpit to the CAS (crew alerting system) which monitors hundreds of aircraft systems at a given time. Autopilot also has a disengagement that can be operated automatically or manually.    Some of the common failures of the autopilot system are electrical power failures, internal failure of the autopilot system and altitude and heading references system failures as well as servo failure.    Some of the impacts of autopilot systems failures have been felt across the aviation industry with a few of the more widely known cases and investigations bein