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Economics and General Aviation, 2002.
This paper looks at the history of general aviation and its current situation following the Sept 11th attacks.
1,681 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper discusses the general aviation industry - its history and development. General aviation is defined as the segment of aviation other than commercial. The first section provides a brief overview of this industry, mentioning the issue of scarcity of facilities. It then discusses growth and number of the industry and this section includes charts and tables. Finally the writer examines how the general aviation history was effected by the 9-11 terror attacks.
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"From the mid 1980's until the early 1990's, general aviation as an industry was in decline. New piston aircraft manufacturing was down. Pilots flew less, and many maintenance shops closed entirely. The supply of avionics technicians dwindled as many transferred to other careers due to the poor economic prospects. Compounding the situation is the demographics of the aviation shops in existence. On average, small avionics shops (ten employees or less) employ technicians who are over the age of 43. Seventy percent of small avionics shop owners are over the age of 53. Organizations such as the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) have scholarship programs to encourage new entrants into the field. However, most who graduate will end up working for the commercial airlines, lured by salaries and options.2 "
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Aerospace Engineering, 2002.
An exploration of aerospace engineering.
2,126 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper provides an insight into aerospace engineering, the flight of vehicles in space, beyond the earth's atmosphere which includes the study and development of rocket engines, artificial satellites and spacecraft. It examines the plethora of purposes that it serves with earthbound vehicles and household supplies and discusses the various tasks that an aerospace engineer team performs. It looks at the future of aerospace engineering including education, new products and challenges to the aerospace engineering program in the United States.
Outline
Introduction
Definition of Aerospace Engineering
Plethora of Purposes
Earthbound Vehicles
Household Products
Tasks that an Aerospace Engineer Performs
The Engineer
The Scientist
The Technician
The Future of Aerospace Engineering
Education
New Products
Challenges to Aerospace Engineering
Conclusion
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"The engineer can serve of to twelve different purposes. For this discussion we will only focus on four of these purposes including; analytical, computational fluid dynamics, design, and systems software. Analytical engineering involves the combination of math and rudimentary engineering practices. The computational fluid dynamics engineering implements the use of high speed computers to solve complex nonlinear equations which govern fluid motion. (?Education?) Design engineering determines the arrangement, function and structure of a component or the entire design of a vehicle. (?Education?) Finally, systems software engineering involves performing the proper analysis of the system."
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The Four P's of Marketing, 2002.
An explanation of the four P's of marketing, using American Airlines as an example.
1,924 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination of the aviation industry from a marketing standpoint. The writer explores the four P?s of marketing and uses American Airlines as an example of marketing strategies with the four P?s. The paper explains that the four P's are price, product, place and promotion. The focus remains on selling the consumer through marketing with the four P?s.
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"Airlines have been the redheaded stepchild of the travel industry for several years. Companies are filing bankruptcy, restructuring and other things trying to stay afloat. In their quest to survive they often test the limits of regulations and have landed in court over those tests. One such incident happened when the federal government of the United States filed a suit against American Airlines claiming the airline was using a practice called ?predatory pricing? to lure customers to them as an exclusive airline choice."
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Airline Pricing, 2002.
Discusses the factors affecting an airlines decision regarding ticket pricing.
923 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 32.95
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Airline pricing is a complex, unpredictable process that is affected by many factors. Three of the major factors affecting this process are competition, demand and inventory. Airlines refer to it as "yield management? yet few offer an explanation for why a one-way flight costs as much as a round-trip ticket does. This essay describes the process of airline pricing and the factors that affect it, in an attempt to understand the logic behind major and discount airlines when creating their pricing structures.
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"Demand is another factor that affects airline pricing. This factor explains why it is cheaper to fly on a weekday, at off-peak hours, or on days other than major holidays. Some flights are more popular than others, possibly due to the time or day or day of week. A red-eye flight is not as popular as a flight in the morning. And a flight on Tuesday is probably not as popular as a flight on Friday, unless it is around a major holiday. Regardless, airlines must operate these flights to maintain a regular schedule, so prices must be changed, flight by flight, to attract people to fill up the less popular flights and the more popular flights."
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Solid Fuel Rockets, 2002.
Discusses the potential for the space rocket industry to become commercialized.
2,376 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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The space shuttle is the world's first reusable spacecraft. With today?s technology, shuttles are capable of withstanding the vacuums of space, the difficulty of re-entry and cosmic and solar radiation. The paper shows that while some scientists believe the space industry will never become commercialized due to the shuttle's outdated complexities, shuttles of today may commercialize the space industry with an old rocket technology that has not been fully realized. Solid rocket engines, an old, yet reliable, space technology, are safe, low cost, provide a high thrust and may be the key to space industry commercialization.
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"Solid fuel rocket engines are an old technology. While they have changed since their inventions of early China, their simple and non-complicated design remains in tact. It is due to that design that the engines and rockets have remained stable throughout centuries. They are safe, encompassing easy to handle materials, and allowing for long-term storage. They are reliable, consisting of non-machine related parts to limit the possibilities of mechanical failure. They are cost effective, due to their reusability as well as their materials, made from low cost resources."
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A Century of Aviation, 2002.
A look at the positive and negative effects that aviation has had on the world since its discovery 100 years ago.
1,712 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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Little did the Wright brothers know when they successfully tested their flying machine at Kitty Hawk, on December 17, 1903, what an influential industry they were launching. The paper shows that since then aviation has changed enormously, with airports like Chicago O?Hare facilitating some 383,362 landing and take-off cycles each year. It examines how the aerospace industry is becoming America?s leading industrial employer with some 1,484,000 employees and sales of $27 billion. The paper shows however that the evolution and growth of aviation has not been an entirely positive experience. This paper examines the effects ? good and bad ? that aviation has had on the economy, on society, on the environment and on military power.
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"Surely the most negative aviation-related event that has happened ? and has had a tremendously harmful and lingering effect on the U.S. economy and on citizen morale ? was the hijacking of jetliners by terrorists on September 11, 2001. On that day, America learned that large airplanes can quite easily be turned into missiles, and those missiles upon impact become potent bombs, to be used by our enemies against this nation. This is an issue that leaders must address, in terms of making airports truly secure and safe. Meanwhile, another kind of airport safety is in the news lately. A recent article in Time Magazine alludes not to hijacking, or of people in planes, but rather to ??the vastly greater numbers on the ground who are brutalized as the planes pass overhead.?
Millions of people who live ??under the proliferating webs of flight path?are paying an unacceptable price in stress, lost sleep, impaired hearing, inability to concentrate, in their children?s ability to learn and in the generally degraded quality of life that results when the mind is tormented by these intrusions,? writes Time journalist Lance Morrow."
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Airline Management Organization, 2002.
This paper studies how a form of company management, a ?mechanistic system?, is applied to airline management.
729 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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A "mechanistic system" is characterized by specialized activities clearly separated from one another and performed by functional specialists. Employees are not expected to think in terms of overall system goals. The writer asserts that this system has had negative results in the airline field.
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"This type of highly structured organization depends upon the coordination of these components through the organizational hierarchy: through common supervisors at higher levels in the organization. Communication is passed upward to the common superior who then passes it back down to the appropriate department. This results in an entrenched management system in which the supervisor or manager controls all aspects of personnel and operations. The chief objective in management becomes strengthening the degree of managerial control over the workforce. This was made possible by the subdivision of work into fragmented tasks and quantification of performance to achieve centralized control to enable line managers to coordinate the fragmented activities while decreasing the influence of individual workers over decisions that govern their work."
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United Airlines, 2002.
Examines the organizational culture of this American airline company.
628 words (approx. 2.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 22.95
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This paper discusses the unique corporate make-up of United Airlines, given that since 1994, employees gave up nearly five billion dollars in wages and other concessions in return for 55 percent of the company?s shares. The paper looks at the mission statements put out by United Airlines and discusses ways that the company can succeed in being a profitable employee-run organization.
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"In 1996, United became the first airline to acknowledge the stresses faced by travelers and affirm a commitment to improve air travel, according to its January 7, 2000 press release. Additionally, the release cited heavy investment in airport ground equipment and baggage handling improvements. Currently, United Airlines has been heavily publicizing its organization culture in what it calls ?Our United Commitment?. In an article in Airline Business (?Friendly Skies? Let?s Get Honest?, July 1997), Karen Walker wrote that due to the abysmal results of a passenger survey, United embarked on a $400 million, three year project that aims to lessen the gap between the promise of good service and the actual experience, concentrating on expanding executive lounges, improving on-time performance and using new airport technology."
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Airline Deregulation, 2002.
This paper looks at the history of government involvement in the airline industry, noting that even with deregulation, the government still maintains significant regulatory authority.
2,637 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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The writer takes an historical look at the way in which the government has eased its hold on the airline industry. The paper shows how this form of deregulation has led the airline industry, which employs nearly two million people, to be overwhelmed with competition and the lowering of prices.
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"Economic deregulation has been described as ?? the state?s withdrawal of its legal powers to direct the economic conduct (pricing, entry and exit) of non-governmental bodies.? (Winston, 1993, quoting Stigler). Regulatory reform has become a significant trend in economic policy since the 1970s. The airline industry stands out as a significant example of this trend: formerly almost completely regulated, it has been and continues to go through a process of deregulation and review pending possible re-regulation at both the national and international level."
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Precision Guided Munitions, 2002.
An introduction to the development and use of precision guided munitions.
2,283 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 70.95
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This paper discusses precision guided munitions, weapons designed to be directed against a single target which rely on external guidance or its own guidance system. It examines how these weapons, which can be launched from aircraft, submarines, ships and land vehicles, or by individual soldiers on the ground, represents the principle of the low-cost threat that forces a high-cost and difficult defence. It looks at the their growth and development since World War I along with their definite effect upon modern military affairs. It looks at the use of mines and cruise missles and future technological advancements such as hypersonic missile concepts that strike long distance targets at high speeds.
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"Although, precision has been recognized as one of the important feature of weapon development as noted by military theorist, historian and strategist Major General J.F.C. Fuller, who considered it as ?accuracy of aim? and as one of the five familiar attributes of weaponry, collectively with range of volume of fire, striking power, action and portability. Here, it is important to note that the modern precision weapon bring together the traits of accuracy, portability, striking power and range making the combination of a powerful force multiplier in nowadays' military scene."
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Challenges to Travel Security, 2002.
A discussion of the challenges to travel security in light of terrorist attacks.
2,190 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper discusses how both Congress and interest groups are constantly looking in to new ways to ensure the safety of passengers in the various modes of travel currently available since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It looks at how Congress and the President have created the Transportation Security Administration and passed new laws in an effort to protect American travelers and how the courts are starting to become active in travel security by awarding large settlements to victims of hotels that don?t provide adequate protection. It examines such issues as Congress and air-travel, lapses in security, transport on buses, trains and boats and issues regarding travelling with children and evaluates the air travel security law which addresses having additional air marshals on flights and replacing security screeners with a federal agency, but requires airports to install full explosive detection systems by the end of 2002.
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In response to the Congressional mandate of strengthening aviation security, President Bush appointed John W. Magow to the newly created Transportation Security Administration (Nakashima A07). Magow ?a former director of the Secret Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (Nakashima A07)? was working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the executive director of the Office of National Preparedness (Nakashima A07). Magow, whose new title is undersecretary of transportation for security, was appointed with little opposition. He is now responsible for all civil aviation security functions as mandated by Congress."
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ALPA and The Airlines, 2002.
A study of the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) stranglehold on the American Airline industry.
2,600 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper provides an analysis of the control the airline pilots union has over the airline industry. The paper discusses the purpose of ALPA and its members. It explores the efforts made by Delta CEO, Leo Mullins and American Airlines CEO, Donald Carty to persuade the government to reform the Railway Labor Act. The paper explores the possible future of the ALPA and the airline industry. The paper uncovers several reasons why ALPA has such a stranglehold on the airline industry including; federal labor laws, a shortage of qualified pilots, regulations that govern the hiring and firing of pilots and the threat of loss of seniority that pilots face.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Description and Purpose of ALPA
The Reasons for the Stranglehold
The Railway Labor Act
The Future of ALPA
The Future of the Airline Industry
Conclusion
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"In recent years the amount of power that the ALPA has over the airlines has come into question. There are several reasons why this stranglehold exists including; federal labor laws, a shortage of qualified pilots, regulations that govern the hiring and firing of pilots and the threat of loss of seniority that pilots face. The following paragraphs why these factors contribute to the stranglehold that the Airline Pilot Association has on the airline industry."
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