Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1995. / "September 1995." Thesis advisor(s): Michael J. Zyda, John S. Falby. Includes bibliographical references (p. 107). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph.D. (Human resources management))-University of Pretoria, 2004. / Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Magister Commercii - MCom / The aviation industry is one of many industries which is known to be a high-risk industry. Although it is a high risk industry, little research has been conducted within the industry especially with regards to safety culture. Safety culture is pivotal within the aviation industry as it reduces the potential to large scale disasters. While airlines are deemed to be highly reliable, when an accident occurs the cause usually tends to be human error. The aim of this study was to assess safety culture of professional pilots within selected South African based aviation organisations. This study utilized a safety culture quantitative survey instrument in order to collect data from pilots at selected South African based aviation organisations. The survey consisted of five themes (organisational commitment, management involvement, accountability systems, reporting systems and pilot empowerment). The pilots were required to respond to 49-item statements on a 5 point-likert scale, by only choosing one answer per statement. The results indicated that a majority of the participants had responded positively towards the items which represented a healthy safety culture within the selected South African based aviation organisations. Furthermore, a highly positive correlation exists between the themes of organisational commitment and management involvement. Multiple regression analysis showed there is an association between the five themes of safety culture with organisational commitment being a dependent variable. No significant difference was found between biographical information (such as rank, years of experience and flying hours), along with either the themes of organisational commitment or pilot empowerment.

The fact that pilots are not physically situated in the aircraft for UAS operations makes the current standards applicable to manned aircraft not suitable for UAS operations (FAA, 2013). FAA (2013:18) states that ―removing the pilot from the aircraft creates a series of performance considerations between manned and unmanned aircraft that need to be fully researched and understood to determine acceptability and potential impact on safe operations in the NAS. According to ERSG (2013), not all technologies necessary to ensure the safe integration of civil UASs into civilian airspace are available today. The extrapolation that can be made based on the above arguments is that advancement of UAS technologies will more likely have a significant bearing on the safe integration of UASs into civilian airspace. Therefore, as an identified research gap, the research/main objective of this research is to identify future technological factors affecting Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Republic of South Africa leading towards the year 2025.

This diploma thesis concerns design and creation of a navigational system as a tool for pilots of helicopters and ultralight planes. Choosing required functions is critical part for realization of this project. The paper also contains description of draft of application.

Dés la réorganisation de l'aviation civile en italie après la Seconde Guerre Mondial, le personnel navigant technique, grâce aux caractéristiques de son identité professionnelle valorisée par l'efficacité organisationnelle et politique de ses instances représentatives au niveau national et international, arrive à obtenir non seulement un statut professionnel mais aussi une légitimisation politique qui ne sera pas vraiment remise en cause jusqu'à la faillite de la compagnie nationale Alitalia. La recherche vise à étudier sous l'angle historique le travail du personnel navigant technique afin d'appréhender l'évolution de cette catégorie professionnelle et de comprendre les origine du phénomène corporatiste. / The research project aims to document and discuss from the historical point of wiew the work of civilian pilots and their workers' representatives in order to consider the origins and evolution giving rive to a corporatist union model in Italy after the Second World War.

This thesis explores how the complex interplay between gender and technology significantly shaped the popularization of commercial aviation in the United States during the 1920s and 30s. As technological innovations improved both the safety and efficiency of airplanes during the early part of the twentieth century, commercial aviation industries increasingly worked to position flight as a viable means of mass transportation. In order to win the trust and money of potential passengers, however, industry proponents recognized the need to separate flight from its initial association with danger and masculine strength by convincing the general public of aviation’s safety and reliability. My work examines the efforts made by industry executives, pilots, and popular news sources to remake the public image of flight by specifically positioning women—as pilots, wives, and mothers—as central to the popularization of commercial aviation. More specifically, this thesis investigates the ways in which female popularizers of commercial aviation effectively mediated the boundaries between technologies and society, and how women’s positions as technological boundary workers often required them to redefine the social meanings and expectations of their gender.

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