Abstract
This paper examines the current guidelines and issues facing airports and their relationship to the local environments. Although airports are a necessary part of today's fast-paced global environment, environmental pollution is the issue the Federal Aviation Administration and other government agencies must work together to try to solve. This paper looks at how these agencies have tackled and are tackling environmental issues.

From the Paper
"Airports are a necessary part of today's fast-paced global environment. It goes without saying that our world would certainly be a different place without them. Millions depend on them every day to get them to their destinations. However, airports have many negative effects as well, especially to the local environment. Airports are a source of smog, contaminate waterways, contribute to global warming through the emission of greenhouse gases, and generate significant amounts of noise pollution (NADC, 1996)."

Tags:issues, safety, policy, environmental, social, economic, consequences, airport, improvement, pollution

Abstract
The paper discusses scanners, one facet of the technology produced after 9/11, now being used at some airports in an attempt to detect weapons and other devices that could be used by terrorists. The paper asserts that understanding how the technology of scanners work, how they are used in airports and the views connected to scanning machines is important because ultimately these devices will become a part of American life at many institutions.

Tags:scanner, airport, body

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This paper considers whether racial profiling in American airports against Arab Americans and others since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 has become excessive.

Tags:racism, profiling, airport security, U.S. customs, terrorism, muslims, Arab Americans

Abstract
This paper reviews the ways in which airports and airlines across America are trying to target and accommodate customers in the aftermath of the industry's near-collapse after 9/11. The paper particularly looks at how airports are trying to assuage security concerns while simultaneously offering new services to busy professionals; the next several pages also touch upon how airports are attempting to link their facilities to the buying predilections of certain segments of the population. Additionally, the paper reviews the determined efforts of the airline industry itself to offer more "bang for the buck" while doing what it can to reassure customers that their flight experience will not be troubled by concerns centering around whether or not their luggage will arrive with them at their destination.

Tags:marketing, aeronautics, industry, flying

Abstract
This paper reviews the ways in which airports and airlines across America are trying to target and accommodate customers in the aftermath of the industry's near-collapse after 9/11. The paper particularly looks at how airports are trying to assuage security concerns while simultaneously offering new services to busy professionals. The writer also touches upon how airports are attempting to link their facilities to the buying predilections of certain segments of the population. Additionally, the paper reviews the determined efforts of the airline industry itself to offer more "bang for the buck" while doing what it can to reassure customers that their flight experience will not be troubled by concerns centering around whether or not their luggage will arrive with them at their destination.

From the Paper
"Busy commuters, security "freaks," and consumers interested in easy access to niche providers are only a few of the customer demographic groups that stir the interest of airport management. Another group, frequently overlooked, is the airport user who is a compulsive shopper. Naturally enough, these sorts of individuals are a key demographic inasmuch as airports are wholly aware that items purchased on their premises mean money in pocket at the end of the fiscal year. Of course, logic dictates that airport marketing professionals are well-acquainted with certain groups - it could be young women, affluent elderly couples, or businesspeople with a penchant for impulsive buying - that like to buy items (and specific types of items) at the airport rather than elsewhere at a store. The problem, or so it would seem, is that knowing individuals (and which kinds) who want to buy at the airport does not necessarily translate into providing the sort of technology or services that can facilitate their purchasing decisions and activities. Consequently, the airport truly desirous of deriving profit from waiting families or individuals must renovate its inner structure and give people ready access to such technology."

Tags:flight, amenities, security, commuters

Abstract
This paper introduces the topic of racial profiling in airports. Specifically, it discusses how terrorist attacks in America call for increasing racial profiling in airports, similar to Israel's El Al Airlines racial profiling tactics. It looks at how racial profiling is a highly controversial topic and how some countries have found racial profiling helps keep people safer, while many political groups feel it is a clear violation of rights and should never be used. It evaluates how, although racial profiling may be controversial, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, it may be one of the only reliable ways available to keep the country safe from further attacks.

From the Paper
"The ACLU feels that people "of color" are searched and detained more often in airports, and one African-American, Aquil Abdullah, agrees, as he is routinely stopped almost every time he travels by air. "He knows what the problem is. It's not hard to figure out once he introduces himself. His name is Aquil Abdullah. Aquil Abdullah thinks his name is on a list somewhere of suspect people" (Schlesinger). Abdullah is an American athlete, who is the first to win the prestigious Henley Regatta in Britain, and ironically, he is not even Muslim, he is a Catholic. His story is not unusual, and groups such as the ACLU cite his experience as one of the reasons racial profiling is a violation of rights. Abdullah is stopped simply because of his name."

Tags:color, 9/11, el, al, racism

Abstract
The paper relates that the type of evaluation conducted by the Departmental Evaluation Services branch of Transport Canada is what may be described as a judgment-based evaluation looking at whether or not the program warrants continuance or should be amended - or ended. The paper discusses how such evaluations look at the benefits and costs of changes to a program as well as who the beneficiaries and losers are courtesy the program. In these evaluative exercises, the criteria for merit are selected, standards of performance are established, performance is measured, and results are synthesized.

From the Paper
"The type of evaluation conducted by the Departmental Evaluation Services branch of Transport Canada is what may be described as a judgment-based evaluation looking at whether or not the program warrants continuance or should be amended - or ended. Such evaluations look at the benefits and costs of changes to a program as well as who the beneficiaries and losers are courtesy the program. In these evaluative exercises, the criteria for merit are selected, standards of performance are established, performance is measured, and results are synthesized ("Introduction to evaluation,...")"

Tags:program, evaluation, airports

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses that the regulatory body and competition commission of British airports carried out a review on the competitiveness of BAA and found it lacking. To improve on this, it is suggested that BAA had to come up with a framework and will make it competitive both locally and internationally. The writer concludes that BAA is headed in the right direction because the proposed sale of the three airports Gatwick, Stanstead and Edinburgh will improve the overall performance of the county's airports and also lead to increased returns.

Outline:
Introduction
Background
The Present Competitive Structure of British Airports
Types of markets

From the Paper
"Most business sectors in the UK have experienced a number of changes since the Second World War. The changes have been more drastic during the last three decades, and as a result, the British Airports Authority has witnessed positive developments. BAA, has undergone a transformation that has seen it change its operations, financial and capital structure, organizations design, management and employee roles and authority as well as its expansion programmes. Some of the changes have been prompted by recommendations from the regulatory authorities while others from scholars and research from organizations such as the Competition Commissions. More particularly, the Competition Commission has made are geared its findings towards making the BAA to be more competitive."

Tags:BAA, Competitive, Advantage, Sell, of, Airport, Airports, Gatwick

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This paper presents results of a sociological research (using observation, analysis, concepts and methods) conducted at two very different airports (one in Ohio and one in NYC) at different times, in order to come up with a sociological analysis of people in airports. The results include over four hours of observations studying behavior, setting, interactions, rules or social patterns and social categories.

From the Paper
"If planes are delayed, if a passenger is late, or if baggage is lost, the efficiency at which the airport operates is affected, which changes the atmosphere and therefore the mood of travelers. I reasoned that because an airport is not just a location, but a system that governs all its inhabitants, I might notice that people in an airport are only as social as they need to be. Because of their very personal reasons for being at a very impersonal place, and because the airport thrives on a system, human beings are naturally less social."

Tags:akron, canton, laguardia

Abstract
This paper addresses the domestic measures and policies that have been taken to ensure the continued safety of American citizens against terrorist organizations. Overt aggression such as the war in Afghanistan shall not be a focus of this paper, for while such actions can indeed be termed as a counter to terrorism, they are not designed to directly counter terrorism but rather to remove the threat entirely in addition to acting as retribution. A focus shall be on the efficiency of the INS and on airline safety, for these two areas are believed to have been the greatest contributing factors to the events that occurred on September 11th. APA style.

Tags:POLITICAL SCIENCE / TERRORISM, countering terrorism airports