ASCI 202

Hello again my readers!      Have you ever wondered how aircraft movement is possible on the ground and up in the air? In this week's blog I will be discussing the difference between the air traffic controllers and ground controllers on how they operate and the area of responsibilities they have.         Ground controllers are primarily responsible for safe movement of aircraft and other equipment, whether it be taxiing from gates to takeoff runways and from landing runways to gates (Freudenrich 2021). Aircraft taxiing is just a part of their responsibility, maintainers also communicate to ground controllers to request engine run up testing on remote pads or designated areas. Equipment operators or rampers as we would like to call them, also requires approval from ground controllers when they are moving an aircraft regardless of the location specially when crossing an active runway, this is to ensure that their status boards are up to date and acc...

Hello again readers!      In today’s module I will be discussing two factors that affects the environment around the airport. And what can be done to resolve this issue.      It is known that airport construction is one of the environmental impacts in the surrounding area. This is because the airport requires a large amount of land to properly operate. A small airport takes up almost hundred acres of land, so what more if it was for commercial transport? The reality is, aviation has been essential to people’s daily lives, whether it be for tourism or business, but at what cost can this lead to having to create an airport? (Johnson 2018). An airport can take up spaces that could be meant for housing and other necessary infrastructure, this also leads to deforestation depending on the location of the airport being constructed (Johnson 2018).  Having a large airport also means creating a pathway to get there like highways and roads, this increases the...

 Hello again my readers!       In this week's blog I will be discussing one of the Federal Aviation Regulation that I believe helped shape the aviation industry today. This gave guidance to manufacturers on the requirements needed for the aircraft or engines that is being built, designed and approved prior to its release to the public for its use. Every type of commercial aircraft that is being utilized for transporting goods or passengers in the air went through multiple testing and certifications prior to it being approved for a Type certificate. The regulations that were put in place for aircraft designers and manufacturers to follow was 14 CFR part 21 which is the certification procedures for products and articles. According to 14 CFR part 21.35 Flight tests, each applicant for an aircraft type must perform multiple ground inspections and testing prior to being approved for flight test and must also have a certified flight test pilot (14CFR21 n.d). Flight tes...

 Hello again my readers!        In this module blog I will be talking about the team based human factor challenges that can come across in the Aviation Maintenance side of the house.             In my understanding of human factors this is a psychological and physical constraints of the human body and mind. Having a negative human factor could result in creating a human error which could result a fatal error. It is said that 80 percent of the aviation maintenance incidents are caused by human error by installing components wrong or there were damages during the installation (Schossler 2019). The basis for human factors in aviation can be determined by following the dirty dozen of human factors. Namely these are lack of communication, complacency, fatigue, stress, pressure, lack of knowledge, norms, lack of resources, lack of team work, distractions, lack of assertiveness, and lack of awareness (Schossler 2019). The dirty do...