What Does Ethics in the Aviation Profession Mean to Me?

 Weather Hazards Well, this has been a great journey, I have learned a lot. I appreciate all the feedback that I have received through the course. Our last blog post is about hazardous weather conditions that present the greatest risk to aviation operations. So, today we are going to discuss the Cumulonimbus cloud, commonly known as thunderstorm clouds . These clouds have a heavy, dense structure with a dark gray/gloomy, tall appearance. Ranging from 2000 ft (where the angry base resides) to 40,000 ft (where their strong anvil-shaped tops are). They are high on the risk factor because their guest list is filled with popularity, its associated are lighting, thunder, precipitation, and even tornadoes. Their formation can be broken down into parts, the lowest mainly composed of water drops and is typically warmest. As the middle area contains water drops and ice crystals, they also include the most movement of air through up-drafts and down-drafts. The top portion contains only ice cr...

  Air Traffic Control Entities Piloting an aircraft is not like driving a car, nor do you have the same visibility as to when driving a car. According to Dr. Freudenrich, there are about 5,000 airplanes in the sky every hour. (2021) We have learned that without air traffic control we would increase the number of accidents in our sky. Thankfully we have utilized technology to increase the safety of the people flying and the people oblivious to the air traffic above their heads, especially with the amount of aircraft in the sky at one time. These technologies allow air traffic controllers the ability to complete their duties with accuracy and efficiency.  Now that we have Air Traffic Control (ATC) and their program known as the National Airspace System (NAS) we can reduce the number of incidents that occur. ATC’s purpose for existence is to counteract a collision concerning aircraft that are operating in the system and to manage and advance the movement of transportation in ou...

  With the growing demand for air travel, we must consider that there are several environmental impacts that affect airport operations. Let us look at one impact, how it affects aviation, and identify mitigation strategies that could decrease the effect or possibly eliminate the impact altogether. I believe an important environmental impact on airport management is air pollution. Air is significant to airport management because not only does the aircraft itself need quality (non-polluted) air to operate with optimum performance so does everything else on the planet.   The environmental pollution center defines air pollution as the existence of substances or compounds in the atmosphere which are normally not present, and which lower the value of the air or cause harmful changes to the quality of life . (What is air pollution, n.d.) There are various forms of air contaminates initiated by airport operations and aircraft.   Jet emissions affect a 25-mile area around an ai...