Poses one of the most serious threats to the safety and security of the flying public. This book highlights a number of important public health and policy issues, most notably that in the US, jurisdiction for air rage cases needs to be transferred to a criminal court.
This volume details the influence of Second World War aviation development, experience and subsequent technological advances in shaping American choices in military aircraft development and weapons. It shows how air warfare weapons were carried forward and altered, how new systems evolved from these, and how the choices fared in the next ......
Aviation performance is an important cog in modern globalized economies, which demand flexibility, mobility, efficiency, and dependability. Airport delays have gone from being a nuisance to being a salient public concern, drawing the ire of even the White House.
The events of September 11 compelled the American public to look at air travel as much more than merely another way of getting from point A to point B. Written by an aviation security expert, this work offers a critique of aviation security since 9/11, which examines the overhaul of the national aviation security system.
British Aircraft Manufacturers since 1909 traces one hundred years of the British aviation industry, its history, origins, mergers and takeovers. It details the evolution of the British aviation industry from fragile biplanes and majestic airliners that united the world to the advanced bombers and fighters of today.
The book covers seventy defunct British airlines that have disappeared from our skies since 1946. They ceased trading for various reasons, from financial difficulties to industrial takeovers. It looks at both international and domestic airlines, and has a whole host of famous names, who are gone, but not forgotten.
Provides a valuable and accessible guide to unraveling the complex world of network deregulation in the US. It will serve as a reference point for practioners and policymakers, as well as an important introduction for the general public.
Much of the fascination which Soviet aircraft and its associated aerospace industry holds for the analyst, enthusiast or ordinary member of the public, stems from the thick fog of secrecy that enveloped the industry throughout the Cold War until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990/91. Until then details which in case of Western designs ......
In 1938 the US Government took under its wing an infant airline industry. Forty years later, the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 set in motion the economic deregulation of the industry and opened it to market competition. This study by Steven Morrison and Clifford Winston analyses the effects of deregulation on both travellers and the airline ......
