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Papers On Technology, Transportation, & Aviation
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Airline Security Risk Management
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A 5 page paper discussing aviation’s efforts to manage the risk to flight safety that became glaringly apparent with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The paper discusses the need for security risk management, offers several alternatives and recommends an alternative currently scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2004, that of fingerprinting many foreign visitors arriving at American airports and seaports for the purposes of positive identification and comparing to terrorist watchlists. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSairSecRiskMgt.rtf
Airport Management
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This 6 page paper considers some of the current issues facing airport mangers. Issues discussed include security, budgetary control and constraints and the way in which simulation models are used and may be used in the future. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
Filename: TEairpot.wps
Airport Management and the Stage 3 Aircraft
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This 5 page paper provides an assessment of what steps may need to be taken by airport management as Stage 2 jets are phased out in favor of Stage 3 craft. Considerations such as business interests, finance, flight patterns and maintenance are included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA8Stage.wps
Airport Security
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A 6 page paper which discusses airport security over the past few
decades. The paper presents a brief history of airport security prior to the devastating
events of September 11, 2001, and then discusses possible improvements and the future of
airport security. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAairprt.wps
Airport Security And Management
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A 16 page paper. Airport security has changed in the United States and other countries since the September 11 attacks. Had certain technology, like face recognition, been installed, at least two of the hijacker may never have boarded the plane. Many different systems have been proposed and some have been initiated. For example, the airport in Amsterdam installed iris scanning technology for passengers who fly a great deal. A similar pilot program was installed in one terminal at JFK is using iris scanning for employees. This paper discusses the types of biometric devices that are being considered and/or that have been installed and where they are being used to improve airport security. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGairsec.rtf
Airport Security Measures And The Impact Upon Operations Management
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7 pages in length. The extent to which the airport industry environment is different now than prior to September 11, 2001 illustrates the significant lengths to which the nation's security system has been augmented. This vast development in the wake of America's worst terrorist attack in history is, however, said to be just as inefficient and incapable of averting another 911 episode as what existed before the fateful day; that the airport industry has strategically bolstered itself has made all personnel more keenly aware of the potential for a repeat performance, yet the ultimate performance of these presidential instituted mandates and the Transportation Security Administration role continues to leave gapping holes in the overall objective toward national protection. On a smaller scale, however, advancement is being made in certain areas where tremendous sweeps are not expected to occur – such as onboard – where a smaller cluster of people is able to make a bigger, more immediately visible and overall impact. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCAport.rtf
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
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9 pages in length. The tragic crash
of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was caused by a jackscrew/gimbal
nut assembly from the horizontal stabilizer failure. According
to such sources as the National Transportation Safety Board and
the FAA, this paper will provide an indepth look at the cause and
possible preventions that could have taken place in this fateful
flight. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: JGAalska.wps
Alaska Airlines Flight 261: A Review of the Causes of the January 2000 Crash
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An 11 page overview of the circumstances leading up to the January 2000 crash of this McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft into the Pacific Ocean approximately eleven miles offshore of Port Hueneme. The author of this paper raises a number of questions such as how faulty manufacturing processes may have been at play as well as how inferior were Alaska Air’s maintenance procedures. One question of particular interest is why ground maintenance personnel were troubleshooting the aircraft in flight with passengers on board. The conclusion is reached that the causes of this crash were multifaceted and included not only inferior parts but also inferior maintenance practices and questionable decisions attributable in part to communications with ground crews. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPavAlsk.rtf
Alternatives To Gas # 2
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5 pages in length. With fossil fuels rapidly depleting, the world has had to devise alternative methods by which to fuel various gas-powered machinery. Few options appear to be as workable as electricity and hydrogen fuel cells, yet there exist significant shortcomings to even the best alternative. The writer talks about these two sources of alternative fuel, including both their advantages and disadvantages. Bibliography included.
Filename: Gas3.wps
American Airlines; A Strategic Proposal
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This 12 page paper examines a case supplied by the student on American Airlines, which looks at the hardship the company is facing in 2002. The paper outlines the current position, the problems and opportunities and then outlines strategies to increase revenue and cut costs that may bring the company back into profit. For each strategy there is a brief consideration of the cost.
Filename: TEameair.rtf
An Overview of the Applications of Hydroponics
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A 10 page discussion of the value of hydroponics in the modern world. The author outlines the problems of our modern lifestyle which have necessitated the use of such alternatives in both agriculture and plant research designed to produce plants which qualities which better allow them to fill our need for particular products. Passive forms of hydroponics are distinguished from active hydroponics and an overview of the key features of each approach is provided along with a brief review of the primary nutrients a plant needs to grow and how each nutrient functions in that growth. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: PPplntHy.rtf
