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A Probabilistic Fog Stability Index for Predicting the Occurrence of Radiation Fog at U.S. Airports
(2022-05-19)Fog is a phenomenon that is widely known to affect the aviation industry adversely, as evidenced by economic losses due to the hindrance of fog on airport operations. This is because fog has been a consistent cause for ... -
Low-Cost Carriers Versus Legacy Carriers: Passenger Preference During the Covid-19 Pandemic
(2022-05)The purpose of the current study was to identify whether passengers had a preference between traveling on low-cost carriers versus legacy carriers during the ongoing pandemic. Building off research conducted by another ... -
An Exploratory Study of General Aviation Aircraft Magneto Ignition System Failures
(2022-05)This ex-post-facto, archival, single-case, research study explored early failures of magneto ignition systems in the training aircraft fleet operated by FIT Aviation, LLC (FITA). In 2012, an increasing number of early ... -
Socio-Economic Variables and their Relationships with the Passenger to Population Ratio
(2021-12)As the aviation industry expands and becomes commonplace in the modern world, it would behoove us to understand how the industry develops and passenger to population ratio could be a measure of that development. If called ... -
Assessment of the Skeletonization and Motion Monitoring System for the Security Efficiency of the United States Airports
(2021-12)The screening processes at airports, including passengers and baggage, have changed dramatically in the past twenty years. The goal of the X-ray scanning is to enhance airport screening by preventing passengers from carrying ... -
Examining the Safety Climate of a General Aviation Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) Organization: A Replication Study and Application of Bandura’s Reciprocal Causation Model
(2021-12)The primary purpose of this study was to examine the safety climate of a general aviation original equipment manufacturer maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility relative to Fogarty’s (2005) and Uhuegho’s (2017) ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
Follow-on Student Pilot Performance Differences Based on Private Pilot Training in a Residential Collegiate Program or Non-Collegiate Program
(2021-07)The purpose of this study was two-fold: to examine the difference between students who had obtained a private pilot certificate from a residential collegiate flight program and students who had obtained a private pilot ... -
Exploring the Effects of Communication Delays and Personality on Stress during Simulated Space Missions
(2021-05)The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of communication delays and personality on stress levels during a simulated spaceflight mission. The study used an experimental, within-groups, repeated-measures design ... -
An Investigation Of Runway Risks Using A Systems Approach
(2021-05)The purpose of this study was to explore and determine if Causal Analysis Based on System Theory (CAST) could divulge differing underlying causes in the Taxiway overflight incident of Air Canada Flight 759 at San Francisco ... -
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. ... -
Assessing the Methodological Quality of Aviation Research: A Content Analysis of Articles Published in Subscription and Open Access Aviation Journals 2014-2016
(2020-12)The purpose of the study was to determine to what extent aviation research articles were consistent with commonly recommended research protocols. Using a purposive sampling strategy, two subscription and five open access ... -
Airline Brand Experience Passengers’ Perceptions of the Big Three Carriers in the United States
(2020-08)The purpose of the study was to observe passengers’ perceptions about brand experience research in the airline industry by applying a transcendental or descriptive phenomenological methodology designed to evaluate interview ... -
Set Your Sights High: The Effect of Heads-Up Displays on Situation Awareness and Performance for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(2020-05)The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of two interface designs—traditional and heads-up displays (HUDs)—on situation awareness (SA), performance, and workload for sUAS operations. The study utilized ... -
General Aviation Airport Runway Incursions: A Qualitative Approach to Examining Reasons for, Barriers to Addressing, and Lessons Learned from Airport Managers' First-Hand Experiences
(2020-05)The purpose of the study was manifold: (a) to understand the reasons for runway incursions (RIs) at general aviation (GA) airports, (b) to describe the barriers to addressing runway incursions at GA airports, and (c) to ... -
The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index: Examining the Reciprocal Relationship among the TTCI Factors Relative to Porter’s (1998) Diamond Model and Airline Passenger Seat Capacity for the Countries of the World
(2019-12)The current study tested the application of Porter’s (1998) diamond model of international competitiveness to the travel and tourism (T&T) industry by examining the relationship among the 14 factors of the travel and ... -
Runway Incursions: Examining Airport Managers' Perspectives of the Challenges Related to Vehicle/Pedestrian Deviations
(2019-12)The purpose of the current study was twofold: (a) to describe the contributing factors of vehicle and pedestrian deviation (V/PD) runway incursions (RIs) nationally, and (b) to describe what mitigation approaches/strategies ... -
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 ...
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