Hrm in Aviation

The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 shook the United States in a profound way, deeply upsetting the national perception of safety within U.S. borders. No industry or sector of the economy felt the impacts of these events more than the airline industry. Both the immediate reaction to the attacks and the long-term repercussions have negatively affected the industry. Today’s airline industry is much different than it was prior to September 11. There is a much smaller work force, more low-cost carriers, more security and more fees associated with flying.

The day of 9/11 sparked the attention of the aviation industry, citing that it will never be the same again. Different sectors

The research and analysis conducted in this project will show evidence of meeting the requirements of program outcome three by assessing the human factors and elements that are directly associated with the situation facing airlines – post 9/11.

September 11, 2001, was a horrific event that rocked the world and the way people viewed the safety of airline travel. The airline industry was hit the hardest after that day and it was uncertain if they could regain their customer’s

The NextGen Air Transportation System is a complex, revolutionary redevelopment of the broad U.S. air traffic control system that includes many challenging and interrelated components and concepts, including a fundamental transfer from a RADAR, ground-based system to a GPS, satellite-based system. Its multi-year implementation, touches virtually every aspect of aviation operations. As such, it presents many potential human factors challenges that can potentially directly affect aviation safety. Next, I will creatively apply the knowledge of human factors and aviation safety that I have developed over the

The 2012 crash of Convair N153JR is a text book example of how human error and the absence of crew resource management can result in the unnecessary loss of life. This accident involves a transport company named Fresh Air Inc. that transported cargo between the Caribbean islands using vintage 1953 Convair aircraft. The co-owner of the company, who was also the primary pilot, established and nurtured an environment of relaxed rules and desultory aviation operations. The primary pilot consistently flew the Convair aircraft outside its operational parameters by disabling key aircraft systems needed for safe operations. Additionally, the captain filled Fresh Air with incompetent personnel that could not maintain safe and airworthy operations. To further exacerbate an already dangerous situation, assigned Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors were derelict in their duties and performed only superficial inspections on the company. Numerous and serious violations were overlooked by the inspectors and this removed the last remaining barrier for accident prevention. The captain’s insouciant approach to flying and company operations coupled with inept FAA oversight directly led to the crash of Convair N153JR.

The Qantas Airways is the largest airline in Australia. Its Human Resource Management operates in the company in four major areas, which are business segments, corporate, shared services, development, and learning. This report gives limelight to the Qantas airways HRM and its role in ensuring perfect operations of the company. It further discusses change management and job analysis and design. The company has undergone intensive change management such as cutting of prices and labor costs in order to ensure high productivity, moderation of wages as well as the introduction of flexible structures through a versatile and motivated workforce. Moreover, the HRM is also responsible of ensuring that right people are hired and

The aviation community has to constantly keep innovating to help ease congestion in the air space, and keep passengers safe. The implementation of the airport modernization act has continued to aid the aviation industry, and as a result we have seen improvement in technology, and airport operations. Human error has continue to be an issue in the aviation industry, as noted by the author in How Traffic Control Keeps you Safe, but airlines still has some of the best safety records amongst the modes of transportation. The article gave great example of the current issues in the aviation industry, and how they are using technology to their advantage to help lesson these risk. There is always going to be accidents in the aviation industry, but taking right steps to make sure that numbers of mistakes are slim to none is something that will help aid to the growth of the

As a long-time admirer of the impact that aviation has done in communities around the world, I particularly enjoy having the opportunity to work with the logistics of an aviation enterprise. As shown in the world’s advancement in transportation, there is a large demand for experienced pilots so that international and domestic travel can be executed efficiently and securely.

As we transition to form our new team together, we at Griswold Industries welcome this opportunity with enthusiasm and a desire to pursue excellence. We both know that in order stay competitive in the aviation industry we must strive to become industry leaders in productivity and safety. By establishing an effective culture climate, organizational structure and leadership Griswold Industries will be headed in the right flight path towards improved output and safety performance. Now that our two companies will be beginning to partner together by adapting these principles our employees will be ready to grow together in shared success.

This project will reveal the importance of the rules spelled out in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part121 concerning airline safety. Without strict adherence to these rules, the level of safety is severely compromised and dangers associated with air travel are heightened. Every moving part will be explored including management, dispatch, scheduling, hub coordinators, flight operations, airport operations, ground handling, airport customer service, airport maintenance, and the role that each plays in day to day operations. This paper includes how culturally specific operations change by region, as well as the effects of technology on the congested skies monitored by the International

Since the 1980s the situation in the civil aviation industry has changed dramatically, and although the government still retains some form of in-direct control over the aviation sector and the ‘former’ national airlines in specific, issues related to economization and efficiency of the business enterprise take primacy in dictating strategic and operational decisions of the airline operators. This shift in the approach to the regulation of the aviation sector around the globe has also greatly influenced issues related to workforce organization in this industry, especially in the Western world.

HR personnel in the aerospace and defense industry are faced with a higher demand for aerospace and defense employees that can adequately be met with existing resources, which creates human capital issues related to the strategic goals of his or her organization. A sound recruitment and retention plan can mitigate the issues and challenges that might have negative implications to the organization. A division (sectors) of the aerospace and defense industry provides the HRM with insight to the number of who, what, and where human capital is required.

Safety Management Systems (SMS) have been presented as the future state of commercial aviation. The objective of this capstone is to have a better understanding of the SMS role in aviation. At United Airlines for example, SMS Corrective Action is used as a reporting tool during the performance of the safety risk management. SMS is characterized by four key elements also known as the four pillars (icao.int). They are, safety risk management, safety policy, safety assurance and safety promotion. Those pillars are the foundation of SMS, therefore, regroup all the main factors that affect the commercial and general aviation industry safety. Safety Management System (SMS), according to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a systematic approach to managing safety, such as organizational structures, accountabilities, policies, and procedures (icao.int). Unfortunately, couple years ago, as the aviation industry was getting more and more attention from people, airline owners did not pay attention to safety, it was the race for profit not safety. Customer well-being came before employee’s satisfaction or health. Consequently, there were more employees injured while working due to the lack of safety; aircraft accidents occurred more frequently and caused the death of hundreds of people, and the loss of equipment. To resolve these problems, airlines and aviation professionals around the world, with the help of the ICAO felt the need to improve safety and maintenance

Airline industry is a growing and a challenging industry across the globe and it is becoming more competitive on quality, pricing and most prominently safety in the contemporary world.