An examination of the purpose and effectiveness of the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) in supporting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Abstract This paper discusses voluntary reporting systems for the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). It focuses on the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) which was primarily intended for supporting the mission of FAA in eliminating unsafe conditions and preventing avoidable accidents in the national aviation system. The paper specifically discusses the effectiveness with which the data is collected and stored by a program like ASRS and the potency of the feedback loop, of the reporting system, to the industry and the reporters to whom its serves.
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Overview of Voluntary Reporting Systems
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From the Paper "A major aspect which contributes to the success of ASRS has been the participation of the complete aviation stakeholders' community in the structure of an Advisory Committee of the industry. The Committee offers its aviation expertise, criticism, guidance and advocacy. Semiannual meetings are held by NASA along with the Committee for reviewing the programmatic changes and proposed policies before they are implemented. In effect it can be seen that incident reporting systems which are confidential like the one based on the model of ASRS is not a foolproof method for acquiring data; they are exposed to the fears and biases of the humans. Although voluntary incident reports are treated as a representative model of the events that they describe, it cannot be considered to be so. However, since many years the ASRS model has demonstrated that if the users of the system are confident about reporting problems of safety encountered by them to a program in which they have faith in, the goals of safety would be attained much quicker than if the incidents were not reported by the volunteers. ("ASRS: The Case for Confidential Incident Reporting Systems", n. d.)"
Abstract This paper explains that the case of Dag-Brucken ASRS is an example of how a poorly planned, executed and managed project can run into trouble despite having visionary leadership and all the resources at its disposal. The author points out that the duties involved with most IT projects are planning, overseeing and measurement of project. The paper stresses the importance of the project manager's adaptability skills. The author relates that, in this case study, there were no well-defined measuring criteria to make sure that the project was on track. The paper presents several recommendations including that the project should have had a better-defined time line created by consulting with all the stakeholders involved with the project.
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Executive Summary
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Dag-Brucken ASRS Case Study
Importance of IT Project Management
Factors Influencing a Project
IT Project Manager
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From the Paper "Super-Cola Taiwan, (SCT) and Australian electrical engineering company, Dag-Brucken ASRS Pty Ltd, (DB) entered into an agreement to provide an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) facility as part of SCT's production facilities in Asia. The case is an illustrative example of how a poorly managed IT project can result in disasters for the firm. The SCT ASRS was designed to automate movement of pallets of beverages from the end of multiple production lines into a high rise warehouse and then to a convenient location for sale."
Abstract The author of this paper shows that despite the publicity surrounding accidents involving aircraft, air travel remains one of the safest modes of travel. The paper investigates all the issues involved in ensuring the safety of air travelers, including the FAA, aircraft technology and instrumentation. The author also mentions an adoption of more stringent in-flight security standards after September 11.
From the Paper "The companies that manufacture airplanes also carry on continuous and intensive R & D. Boeing has resumed "very in-depth" Sonic Cruiser experiments, which were put on hold due to the September 11th attack. The aircraft industry is involved in constant design changes and different material utilization to improve the performance of aircrafts (Broderick, 2002). While advantages introduced by the Sonic Cruiser's could be used in today's current air traffic environment, more advanced ATC procedures or special flight-path considerations will be needed to have the plane perform as advertised closer to the ground. The planes equipped with the sonic cruisers, fast cruise speeds would be realistic today, because it will cruise at 45,000 feet and above, higher than any subsonic airliner."
