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A Comparison of Airline Passengers’ Perception and Attention Toward Onboard Safety Briefing Video Presentations
(2017-05)The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the type of safety demonstration on a passenger’s perception and attention. Furthermore, the study examined if there are gender differences based on participant ... -
Consumer Likelihood to Complain in the U.S. Commercial Airline Industry
(2016-12)Consumer emotions play an important role in the marketplace nowadays, which can either directly or indirectly affect the marketing outcomes. Consumer complaints are believed to occur if consumers begin to generate negative ... -
Consumer perceptions about pilot training: An emotional response.
(2016-12)Civilian pilot training has followed a traditional path for several decades. With a potential pilot shortage approaching, ICAO proposed a new paradigm in pilot training methodology called the Multi-Crew Pilot License. ... -
Consumers' Level of Trust in Using an Automated Train, Aircraft, or Vehicle as a Transportation Means
(2017-05)Automation is a growing technology within most industries. It is expected that automated systems may replace human functions in the near future. The purpose of this study was to determine whether factors such as: type ... -
Consumers’ Trust in Pilots Based on Pilot’s Preference for use of Breathalyzer in the Cockpit
(2015-05)Trust has been studied across disciplines for years, with the focus looking at trust between individuals, between individuals and organizations, and between organizations (Lee & See, 2004). Establishing trust between ... -
Consumers’ Willingness to Fly in Augmented Cognition Equipped Aircraft
(2017-07)Current advancements in the field of Augmented Cognition have garnered attention from the aviation industry. Equipping flight management systems with Augmented Cognition is a possibility in the near future as the result ... -
Creating a Short Scale for In-flight Experience Quality
(2016-12)Customer service and satisfaction is of great importance to aviation industry as it has an economic impact on the airlines. Customer’s in-flight experience, is tied into their satisfaction with that airline, and in turn ... -
Demonstration of Head Mounted Displays and its Effects on Situational Awareness
(2018-02)In this investigation, I discussed the use of Head-Mounted Displayed (HMD) Augmented Reality and its effects on a driver’s Situational Awareness (SA) while observing two driving scenarios. In this study I showed participants ... -
Developing an Automation Locus of Control Scale
(2019-07)The industrial and domestic proliferation of automation is such that it has become a core component of the human experience. Both automation design paradigms and human performance must be scrutinized in order to ensure ... -
Development and Validation of the ITF scale: An investigation of Airline Passengers’ Intention to Fly During a Global Disruption
(2021-07)The purpose of the current study was to develop and validate the ITF scale that measured airline passengers’ intention to fly during a global disruption. Based on the review of the literature, the researcher identified ... -
The Effect of Intensive Auditory Cues on Flight Passengers’ Safe Behaviors
(2020-12)When passengers do not follow in-flight announcements, injuries can occur. It is critical to draw passengers’ attention and help them be aware of the importance of the instructions provided during in-flight announcements. ... -
Effects of Graphical In-Flight Weather Information and Graphical Depictions of Airspace Restrictions on Pilots’ Decisions to Continue VFR Flight into IMC
(2021-12)Continued Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flight into Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) is a leading cause of fatal general aviation accidents. According to the 2020 Joseph T. Nall Report, this type of accident has a ... -
The Effects of Laser Eye Protection on Color Recognition and Discrimination
(2017-05)The number of reported laser strikes on aircraft has increased over the years. Laser strikes pose a threat to safety and thus, warrant attention and mitigation efforts. Laser Eye Protection (LEP) is one mitigation method ... -
The Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Aircraft Crewmember Health
(2021-07)Ultraviolet (UV) radiation and its effects on crewmember health will be evaluated by examining the variables that impact the intensity of UV radiation and the health concerns associated with this exposure. The purpose of ... -
Effects of Verbal vs Graphical Weather Information on a Pilots Decision-making during Preflight
(2018-04)Before a general aviation pilot conducts a flight, they obtain a preflight weather briefing that shares information on possible hazards along the intended route of flight. These preflight weather briefings are typically ... -
Electronic Word-of-Mouth (eWOM): Examining the Relationship Between Factors Influencing eWOM Activities and Passengers' Purchasing Involvement in the Context of Aviation
(2019-12)The purpose of the study was manifold: (a) to examine the relationship a set of targeted factors has on electronic Word-of-Mouth (eWOM) activities in the context of aviation, (b) to examine the extent to which these ... -
Employees Attitudes toward Safety Risk Management and Safety Performance at U.S. Airports
(2018-07)Increasing air transportation traffic around the world initiated authorities to take new safety measures into consideration. In 2010, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to ... -
Evaluation of a wind-wave system for ensemble tropical cyclone wave forecasting. part I: Winds
(2013-04)A computationally efficient method of producing tropical cyclone (TC) wind analyses is developed and tested, using a hindcast methodology, for 12 Gulf of Mexico storms. The analyses are created by blending synthetic data, ... -
Evaluation of Low Cost Controllers for Mobile Based Virtual Reality Headsets
(2017-04)Virtual Reality (VR) is no longer just for training purposes. The consumer VR market has become a large part of the VR world and is growing at a rapid pace. In spite of this growth, there is no standard controller for ... -
Evaluation of the human impact of password authentication practices on information security
(2004)The research objective was to develop a model for evaluating the human impact that password authentication issues are having on the security of information systems. Through distributing a survey and conducting an experiment, ...