Ethics in Aviation

 Air Traffic Control Entities "N123AB Radar Contact...". You may have heard this words before, but it was relatively new for me when I started flying in the U.S. Today I am going to talk about the differences in Air Traffic Control between the  U.S and Argentina.      I n the U.S. controlled airports in 2022 are equipped with the latest technologies, unlike airports in Argentina. One of the biggest differences is the Radar, and the implementation of ADS-B in the U.S. helped people in the control tower a lot. Something as simple as radar and transponders is something that airports in Argentina are lacking.      I n Argentina the airport I did my flight training, was one of the busiest controlled airports because most of the flight schools were located there, and this airport was in a busy airspace as well, since it was right next to an international airport. This airport doesn't even have radar. At this airport air traffic is controlled via visual ...

The Airport and the Environment    A round September and October of every year, all airports in South Florida are exposed to what is called as "Hurricane Season". This is a time where you can expect a lot of delays and cancellations both in he airline industry and in the private sector. Although aircraft get impacted the most out of this, airports also suffer as well. Airplanes can get up to 3 hours waiting for departure, while they are sitting on the taxiway burning fuel.     A irports struggle when a hurricane comes, because first of all, you can get winds up to more than 100 knots, and that might bring structural damage to many buildings. " At Naples Municipal Airport, gusts of up to 142 mph were clocked, according to Rozansky, causing million of dollars in damage to the site. The airport suffered flooding and the roof of the fire station was peeled off. The two FBOs—privately owned Naples Jet Center and the Naples Airport Authority’s own facility—suffered da...

Age Extension Retirement Act      B efore December 13, 2007, in the airline industry, any air carrier or commercial operator conducting flights under part 121, were prohibited to  make  any person to serve as a pilot when they reached his or her 60th birthday. After that date,  he President signed into law the Act, which raised the upper age limit for pilots serving in  14 CFR part 121   air carrier operations to age 65. Initially this act was focused to part 121 operation but after some time, it extended over to all  airmen, such as check airmen and flight instructors.      T he act was initially proposed to keep pilots flying as much as they could, with the intention of reducing the shortage of pilots, and initially it worked great, because pilots were not retiring because of age, but because of their medical status. As many of you know, pilots in order to fly, need to have an up to date medical certificate.   ...

The HFACS and SHELL Models           I n aviation, there are many work-related activities that require a group of people to get the job done. Inside the cockpit of an aircraft is a good example of teamwork. There are many reasons why accidents or incidents happen in aviation, and the outcome of most of them are concluded as "Pilot Error". That is why nowadays, we hear the term Human factors in aviation.          H umans commit errors, and that is normal, but in aviation, we try to mitigate all of these errors by using checklists, standard operating procedures, intensive training, or even pilots need to be fit to fly. The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System or HFCAS and the SHELL models, where created to analyze both the potential risks that the flight is associated due to pilots error, and analyzes the relationship of the humans with various factors that could affect the safety of the flight.       ...

No-Fly List and Passenger Pre-Screening     T he No-Fly List is basically a list that is created by various algorithms and research intelligence from both the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI), to select different people that are not allowed to fly within and in and out of the United States of America.  T he No Fly List is a small subset of the U.S. government Terrorist Screening Database (also known as the terrorist watchlist) that contains the identity information of known or suspected terrorists. On the list, there were 16,000 names in 2011 and it continued to grow to approximately 47,000 in 2013. Today, there are roughly about 680,000 that are thought to be linked with terrorism. The list was created in 1997 as a consular  aid, and it was repurposed and expanded after the 9/11 attacks. T his system is meant to either not let people on board airplanes at all, and/or to be thoroughly che...