Autumn Wood

Although the thought of being able to fly to any destination is a wonderful thing, many communities were upset when airports were built in their area, and tourism kicked off. The reason? Noise pollution. Where once stood a quiet peaceful neighborhood, there is now loud aircrafts taking off and landing constantly to keep up with the traveling demands. In the 60's and 70's, when European travel became popular, town folk would rally up and protest against the airport. (Gallagher 2021). The new trend of coming to Europe caused the locals to have hearing problems, and sleep deprivation. As a manager at an airport, you have to deal with the complaints coming in from the locals, the lawsuits of hearing damage and sleep deprivation. That's why most airports around the world are working on finding ways to alleviate some of the problems caused by the airport travels. By limiting when and how many airplanes fly in and out and when constructing, being mindful of where runways are built...

      Human factors in aviation can be anything from a person's mental, emotional, and physical state. Also, their capabilities and limitations. AMT's face a unique set of human factors. This is because they're most likely working in a small place, early morning or late evenings. (FAA, 2018). With these working conditions, technicians and the managers have to be aware of the human factors listed above. A technician might be getting overworked. Just one problem, but it could lead to their mental, emotional, and physical state to deteriorate. If you add in the air-conditioning not working inside of the hot hangar bay in the middle of July in Nevada, you are going to have a lot of human errors occurring. Let's say a group of technicians are working on replacing an engine. They are having to stay over a few hours to get the job done. It's been 103 degrees outside during the day. The air-conditioning is out. Joey had promised his wife he wouldn't work late ...

This topic is a slight mix of my two careers. I went to Law Enforcement academy with police officers who work at Nashville airport, and we were able to get a sneak peek at the works of law enforcement there. TSA and the police have two different jobs, but they jobs are quite similar. The TSA and LEO's have K-9's that are all around the airport searching for drugs and bombs. The workers are also trained to look for suspicious people who will bring in parts of bombs and leave them past the TSA checkpoint for others to pick up and assemble. The security personnel are constantly training and running scenarios to stay ahead of outside threats and be prepared for anything. (TSA 2017). With all of the training and safety measures to prevent outside threats though, the most terrifying, and hardest to prevent is an inside threat. If you have an employee who is upset about something at work or is desperate for money, they will hand everything over to the wrong people in an instant. Or, y...

       To first identify what failures could occur in a hydraulic system, you need to know how the hydraulic system works. When broken down, a hydraulic system is quite simple. You have the reservoir, which stores the hydraulic fluid. The next component is the pump, relief valve, actuators, and a filter that leads back to the reservoir.       A hydraulic system could fail because it either has a loss in hydraulic fluid, or a loss in pressure. Some of these failures can be caused by contamination. If it's from contamination, the filter could be malfunctioned, there was contamination in a component at the time of manufacture or repair, or contamination entered the system. This contamination then leads to the valves being clogged up, then causes overheating issues because the valves are unable to regulate the pressure of the hydraulic fluid. "   One of the most common causes of this failure is fluid contamination. If the fluids in your syst...

      Aircraft in the deserts are essentially more effective, but every terrain comes with its pros and cons. Although the aircraft are able to use their weapons and detection systems to the maximum range, the enemies can also.      The desert is a dry, open space. The dry air helps with keeping corrosion down and the open area allows for a straight route to attack without terrain in the way. The Although there's less corrosion from humidity, there is more maintenace issues and supply demand from all of the sand and dirt. The sandstorms that are a constant in the dessert keep the technicians on their toes.      The heat also brings its own issues to the technicians and the pilots. With the extreme temperatures, there's a decrease in lift capabilities. The heat also makes it extremely uncomfortable to perform routine work on the aircraft during the day.       As noted above, the detec...