AVIATION SAFETY Pathfinder<TITLE> <style>  </style> </HEAD> <BODY LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#7f007f"> <blockquote> <a name="Top"> <img alt="U/CL Banner" src="plain.gif" width="487" height="62"> </a> <table cellSpacing="1" cellPadding="5" width="90%" align="center" border="0" height="52"> <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="middle" height="41"> <img alt="[Worm Gif]" src="worm.gif" width="22" height="33">U/CL Pathfinders </td> </tr> </table> AVIATION SAFETY DEFINITION: “Before passage of the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) in 1978, the commercial airline industry was relatively stable. Industry changes occurred slowly, a constant group of carriers competed for the travel dollar, and the costs of required safety improvements could be passed quickly to the consumer. ADA removed Federal controls over routes, fares and new entries to encourage competition, but left unaltered FAA’s responsibility for commercial aviation safety. As the result, many struggling major carriers cut corners on maintenance, safety inspections and pilot training. In addition, the nation's air-traffic control system has never fully recovered from the strike of 1981, when 11,400 controllers were fired.” (Safe Skies for Tomorrow, TL 553.5 .S28 1988) NARROW THE TOPIC: <ul> <li> Compare the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). </li> <li> What impact has the Airline Deregulation Act had on airline safety? </li> <li> What are the human factors in aviation safety? </li> <li> What should the government do to create “safe skies” for tomorrow? </li> <li> Will the latest air craft/air traffic system technologies enhance aviation safety? </li> <li> Have federal budget cutbacks affected the FAA Inspection Program? </li> <li> Should Congress reform and restructure the FAA? </li> <li> What information should be available to give consumers a better picture of airline safety? </li> <li> How might the crashes of TWA Flight 800 (7/18/96), ValuJet Flight 592 (5/11/96), PAN AM Flight 103 (12/21/88), Fine Air (Miami cargo jet 8/7/97) or the World Trade Center (9/11/01)? </li> <li> Why are smoke emergencies lethal? </li> <li> Is flying still safe? </li> <li> What can be done to improve the safety of general aviation (private planes)? </li> <li> What can be done to improve the safety of cargo or freight aircraft? </li> <li> What can be done to improve the safety of charter airlines? </li> <li> What effect has the farming out of “overhaul and maintenance” to third parties had on safety? </li> <li> Is the Concorde airworthy? The Airbus? </li> <li> How have fears of terrorism contributed to air safety?</li> </ul> LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Air Safety; Airline Safety; Aviation Safety; Air Traffic Control; Aircraft; Air Navigation; Aeronautics—Safety Measures; Airlines- Security and Measures SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION: <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber2"> <tr> <td width="62%"> Great Misadventures: Bad Ideas That Lead To Big Disasters </td> <td width="38%"> REF D24 .G64 1998 v.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="62%"> International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences </td> <td width="38%"> REF H 41 .I58 2001 </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="62%"> Magill’s Science Annual 2001 </td> <td width="38%"> REF Q 179.9 .M34 2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="62%"> Man-Made Catastrophes</td> <td width="38%"> REF D 24 .D38 2002 "Air Crashes"</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="62%"> U.S. Laws, Acts, and Treaties “Aviation and Transportation Security Act”</td> <td width="38%"> REF KF 385 .A4 U152 2003 </td> </tr> </table> AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK: CQ Researcher “Future of the Airline Industry” 06/21//02 <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://www.linccweb.org/index.asp?lib_code=flcc0300&screen=Alpha"> Issues & Controversies</a> "Air-Travel Delays" 8/10/01 p. 305-312; "Airport Security"11/09/01 p. 417-424; "Airline Passenger Prescreening" 9/17/04 p. 364-368 STATISTICS: <h1 align="left" style="margin: 0">Transportation: America’s Lifeline: Information Plus</h1> Aviation & Aerospace Almanac REF HE 9803 .A1 A9 Aviation Safety Statistical Handbook <a href="http://www.asy.faa.gov/safety_handbook/"> http://www.asy.faa.gov/safety_handbook/</a> Statistical Handbook of Aviation <a href="http://www.flightsafety.org/related/default.cfm#data"> http://www.flightsafety.org/related/default.cfm#data</a> <a href="http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-03.html">Statistical Abstract of the United States</a> (also at Reference Desk) <a href="https://www.linccweb.org/index.asp?lib_code=flcc0300&screen=Alpha ">FactSearch (First Search) Database</a> ELECTRONIC INDEXES: <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table14"> <tr> <td width="33%"> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://www.linccweb.org/index.asp?lib_code=flcc0300&screen=Alpha ">Academic Search Premier</a></td> <td width="33%"> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://www.linccweb.org/index.asp?lib_code=flcc0300&screen=Alpha ">Expanded Academic ASAP</a></td> <td width="34%"> <a href="https://www.linccweb.org/index.asp?lib_code=flcc0300&screen=Alpha">OmniFile Full Text Mega </a></td> </tr> </table> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 100.0%; border-collapse: collapse" id="table18"> <tr> <td style="width: 33%; padding: 0in"> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://www.linccweb.org/index.asp?lib_code=flcc0300&screen=Alpha%0d%0a"> CQ Researcher</a> </td> <td style="width: 67%; padding: 0in"> </td> </tr> </table> FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table16" height="9"> <tr> <td width="33%" height="9"> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://www.linccweb.org/index.asp?lib_code=flcc0300&screen=Alpha ">Miami Herald</a></td> <td width="33%" height="9"> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://www.linccweb.org/index.asp?lib_code=flcc0300&screen=Alpha ">Sun Sentinel</a></td> <td width="34%" height="9"> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="https://www.linccweb.org/index.asp?lib_code=flcc0300&screen=Alpha">NewsBank</a></td> </tr> </table> SUGGESTED INTERNET SITES: <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber1" height="50"> <tr> <td width="50%" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" height="15"> Air Safety Homepage </td> <td width="50%" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" height="15"> <a href="http://www.airsafe.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single"> http://www.airsafe.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" height="15"> Airline Safety Network</td> <td width="50%" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" height="15"> <a href="http://aviation-safety.net/index.shtml">http://aviation-safety.net/index.shtml</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" height="15"> FAA - Air Safety </td> <td width="50%" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" height="15"> <a href="http://www.faa.gov/">http://www.faa.gov/</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" height="1"> NTSB </td> <td width="50%" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" height="1"> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.ntsb.gov/">http://www.ntsb.gov</a></td> </tr> </table> CITING YOUR SOURCES: <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table17"> <tr> <td width="50%"> University/College Library Citing Electronic Resources </td> <td width="50%"> <a href="http://ucl.broward.edu/guides/citing.htm">http://ucl.broward.edu/guides/citing.htm</a> </td> </tr> </table> DT Rev 7/05 |dc| ck2 Copyright © University/College Library. 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AVIATION SAFETY

DEFINITION: “Before passage of the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) in 1978, the commercial airline industry was relatively stable. Industry changes occurred slowly, a constant group of carriers competed for the travel dollar, and the costs of required safety improvements could be passed quickly to the consumer. ADA removed Federal controls over routes, fares and new entries to encourage competition, but left unaltered FAA’s responsibility for commercial aviation safety. As the result, many struggling major carriers cut corners on maintenance, safety inspections and pilot training. In addition, the nation's air-traffic control system has never fully recovered from the strike of 1981, when 11,400 controllers were fired.” (Safe Skies for Tomorrow, TL 553.5 .S28 1988)

NARROW THE TOPIC:

Compare the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

What impact has the Airline Deregulation Act had on airline safety?

What should the government do to create “safe skies” for tomorrow?

Will the latest aircraft/air traffic system technologies enhance aviation safety?

Have federal budget cutbacks affected the FAA Inspection Program?

Should Congress reform and restructure the FAA?

What information should be available to give consumers a better picture of airline safety?

What might have prevented the crashes of TWA Flight 800 (7/18/96), ValuJet Flight 592 (5/11/96), PAN AM Flight 103 (12/21/88), Fine Air (Miami cargo jet 8/7/97) or the World Trade Center (9/11/01)?

What can be done to improve the safety of general aviation (private planes)?

What can be done to improve the safety of cargo or freight aircraft?

What can be done to improve the safety of charter airlines?

What effect has the farming out of “overhaul and maintenance” to third parties had on safety?

How have fears of terrorism contributed to air safety?

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Air Safety; Airline Safety; Aviation Safety; Air Traffic Control; Aircraft; Air Navigation; Aeronautics—Safety Measures; Airlines- Security and Measures

SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:

Encyclopedia of Police Science REF HV 7901 .E53 2007

Encyclopedia of Flight REF TL 509 .E56 2002

Man-Made Catastrophes REF D 24 .D38 2002 "Air Crashes"

U.S. Laws, Acts, and Treaties
REF KF 385 .A4 U152 2003 “Aviation and Transportation Security Act”



AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

CQ Researcher: “Future of the Airline Industry”    06/21//02

Issues & Controversies: Air-Travel Delays"; 8/10/01 p. 305-312; "Airport Security" 11/09/01 p. 417-424 "Airline Passenger Prescreening"  9/17/04 p. 364-368

STATISTICS:

Transportation: America’s Lifeline (also in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

Aviation & Aerospace Almanac                       REF HE 9803 .A1 A9

Aviation Safety Statistical Handbook              http://www.asy.faa.gov/safety_handbook/

Statistical Handbook of Aviation                      http://www.flightsafety.org/related/default.cfm#data

Statistical Abstract of the United States (also at Reference Desk)

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

Academic Search Complete Expanded Academic ASAP OmniFile Full Text Mega

Health and Wellness Resource Center General Business File Wilson Business Abstracts

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers

SUGGESTED INTERNET SITES:

Air Safety Homepage

http://www.airsafe.com

Airline Safety Network http://aviation-safety.net/index.shtml

FAA - Air Safety

http://www.faa.gov/

NTSB

http://www.ntsb.gov

CITING YOUR SOURCES:

University/College Library Citing Electronic Resources

http://ucl.broward.edu/Cite_Your_Sources.htm

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Encyclopedia of Police Science	REF HV 7901 .E53 2007
Encyclopedia of Flight	REF TL 509 .E56 2002
Man-Made Catastrophes	REF D 24 .D38 2002 "Air Crashes"
U.S. Laws, Acts, and Treaties	REF KF 385 .A4 U152 2003 “Aviation and Transportation Security Act”

Air Safety Homepage	http://www.airsafe.com
Airline Safety Network	http://aviation-safety.net/index.shtml
FAA - Air Safety	http://www.faa.gov/
NTSB	http://www.ntsb.gov