Tal Ziv Blog

As according to environmental research, the most primary environmental issues that come from airport operation are Green House Gasses emissions, noise pollution, waste, congestion and land utilization, in addition, the FAA also points out to water contamination. In my opinion, air pollution, noise pollution and water pollution should be the main categories, as they encapsulate other important categories mentioned above. I would however add soil or land contamination, and third party risk as subcategories to be studied, as these categories thoroughly impact wildlife and the general population. I found these categories to be the most determinate after reviewing Visser, H., & Wijnen, R. (2008), chapter 1’s analysis of the facts, where noise effects, air quality and pollutant emissions and third party risk (or the risk created by the concentration of aircraft crashing into populated areas) are studied in depth. Although it is hard for me to determine a most critical factor, due to th...

In this blog post I would like to talk about one of the most revolutionary acts (in its time) which was passed by the USA in 1958. This act is known as the Federal Aviation Act, in simple words, this act created what we know as the FAA, when all duties from the Civil Aeronautics Authority were passed onto this new, and most importantly independent organization. Although not entirely independent, as the FAA is a federal authority and reports directly to congress, it was an organization very different to the CAA. Now, why was this law important? In my opinion it was crucial, as the new FAA was tasked with the duty for promoting air traffic control installations, promulgating air traffic laws, and overseeing all airspace regulation. We can see the need for a regulatory authority such as the FAA if we look back on some of America’s worst catastrophes. As many authors have cited in my research, one of the accidents that pushed for this legislation was the Grand Canyon collision (United,...

As according to the PHAK’s second chapter of human factors, human factors or error directly cause or at the very least, play a great part in aviation accidents. This chapter defines human factors as science as according to the different disciplines that study them (psychology, anthropometrics, computer science, etc.) However, I have chosen to define human factors as how the environment a person experiences results in their overall performance. Specifically oriented to aviation, human factors mean how external and internal factors influence an aeronautical or support worker’s ability to perform in a way that fosters safety and precision. According to a study of accident statistics, human error is responsible for around 75–80 percent of all aircraft mishaps. Human error is studied directly in human factors. And, in summary, there are three main types of human error: omission (not performing a task), commission (performing a task incorrectly), and extraneous (performing an unauthorized ...

Cyberattacks are one of the most threatening threats to aviation security in this age, better known as the technological era. While our networks are extremely efficient and safe in fundament, they are still very vulnerable to cyber attacks. As shown in research, we are most prone to SCADA or “infiltration of supervisory control and data acquisition” hackers. As the interconnection of aviation services grows, so does the risk of security breaches. Commercial aviation faces some unique issues when it comes to cybersecurity. Internal security breaches, for example, or assaults from outside sources, such as the supply chain and network connections inside the industry, are examples of cyberthreats. These manifest themselves as system failures, network issues and issues in flight operations. There are many systems that could be attacked, these include but are not limited to passport control, security scanning, airline systems and cloud-based information systems. TSA, or the Transportatio...