Runway Incursions
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A 12 page paper detailing the circumstances leading up to the March 27, 1977 collision between KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 747 (operating as flight KL4805 KLM) and Pan Am flight 1736 collision on the runway at Tenerife's Los Rodeo Airport in the Canary Islands. The author notes that while many lessons were to be learned from this tragedy changes in rules and regulations have been slow to come. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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RUNWAYS AND CONFIGURATIONS
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This 5-page paper discusses runways and configruations of runways, focusing mainly on parallel runways. The paper also discusses one of the airports with the most parallel runways. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Ryanair’s Development and Success
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A 10 page paper discussing strategy at Ryanair, a young airline based in Ireland. It has been operating according to the no-frills business model inspired by Southwest Airlines, but has come to the point that it needs to make some decisions about its future. The purpose here is to analyze what has influenced Ryanair’s success in the past, and to determine a course that the airline should follow in the future. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSmgmtRyanair.rtf

Satellite Servicing, Recovery and Salvage
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A 10 page discussion of the logistics private and governmental organizations must navigate in order to recover, fix or destroy satellites in geosynchronous or LEO orbits. This paper discusses such issues as why satellites fail and the legal and regulatory considerations arising from automated/robotic servicing. In addition issues such as salvage rights and insurance claims are touched on as are the implications of the technological advances in manufacturing as they will impact future speculation on servicing and salvage operations. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Selling Jets to China
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This 5 page paper looks at recent political events and the aviation industry in the west and in China as well. Whether or not the U.S. should sell planes to China is discussed along with China's growing economy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Sensation and Perception in Aviation/Aerospace Human-Computer Interface: A View of Cockpit Design Factors
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This 19 page paper considers the change that have occured in the aviation industry through the introduction of artificial intelligence. This paper considers the nature of the human/computer interface. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Should Commercial Aircrews Be Subject To Routine Airport Security Screening?
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10 pages in length. No less suspicious than anyone else who boards an airplane, commercial aircrews should be subject to routine airport security screening. That disputable evidence has found members of Al Quaida infiltrating the United States by way of obtaining American pilot's licenses speaks to the need for each and every person, no matter their status or tenure with a particular airline, to go through the same security procedures as the passengers do. Moreover, there is no way to be sure someone has not breached all other security efforts and penetrated America's safety zone, a point that is made quite clear when one considers the events of September 11th, 2001. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Should Emirates Airlines Add a Dedicated Premium Economy Class?
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A 10 page paper assessing the state of business class air travel in 2004. After dramatic decline during the early years of the new century, business travel appears to be recovering. Most airlines focused on the higher-profit business customer prior to 2000, but certainly not in the manner they are courting him in today’s market. Several airlines, including Emirates Airlines, have made changes specifically targeting the business traveler, but airlines such as SAS and KLM have eliminated the business classes they offered in the past. The purpose here is to assess the changes that have occurred in several of the world’s airlines to explore the viability of Emirates Airlines adding a distinctly separate “premium economy” class. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Should Emirates Airlines Add a Dedicated Premium Economy Class?
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A 14 page paper assessing the state of business class air travel in 2004, essentially a 4-page extension of another paper by the same name. This paper includes a discussion of price elasticity and notes that yield pricing may be approaching its demise. After dramatic decline during the early years of the new century, business travel appears to be recovering. Most airlines focused on the higher-profit business customer prior to 2000, but certainly not in the manner they are courting him in today’s market. Several airlines, including Emirates Airlines, have made changes specifically targeting the business traveler, but airlines such as SAS and KLM have eliminated the business classes they offered in the past. The purpose here is to assess the changes that have occurred in several of the world’s airlines to explore the viability of Emirates Airlines adding a distinctly separate “premium economy” class. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Should the ICAO Charter Articles 39 and 39 be Revised?
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This 16 page paper argues that Article 38 and 39 of the International Civil Aviation Authority is outdated. Article 39 states that were there are differences in national standards and the ICAO’s Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), the country concerned should make a notification. The paper argues that were the national standard is superior that the resulting endorsement that takes place after a notification is unfair and unnecessary. The paper looks at the background and the application of the article’s using examples, before making recommendations in the way the articles could be changed. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Simulation Models in the Airline Industry
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This 16 page paper considers the role of simulation models as a business tool in the aviation industry. The paper considers the development and formation of simulation programmes from their origins at MIT in the 1960's as well as their application to the commercial airline. The section of the paper concentrates on a case study of the use of simulation in American Airlines as an example of the practical use of this tool. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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Situational Awareness and Human Behavior
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This 10 page paper examines a variety of literature on this phenomenon that plagues pilots. How problems with situational awareness can be remedied is discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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