Conclusion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra D. Bhimull
Keyword(s):  
Racial Segregation ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Commercial Aviation ◽  
Politics Of Knowledge ◽  
Airline Travel ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Racial Hierarchies

The conclusion reflects on the connection between airline travel and empire, race and racism, and the politics of knowledge. It takes stock of how racial segregation and the ordinary sky came together in the making of the commercial aviation industry. More specifically, it looks at the complex relationship between air route formation, imperial projects, and racial hierarchies. It hones in on the systematic exclusion of the colonial Caribbean from the development of global air networks and the narration of early airline history. It ends by considering how fragments, love, imagination, and affect, as well as a willingness to embrace uncertainty, provide for a more nuanced understanding of the dimensions of power that inform everyday airline travel.

Commercial Aviation, A New Era: summary of the 2017 TQA workshop

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (3) ◽  
pp. 3896-3899
Author(s):  
gregg fleming
Keyword(s):  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Federal Aviation Administration ◽  
Global Leadership ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Commercial Aviation ◽  
New Era ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Aircraft Engineering ◽  
The U.S

More environmentally friendly aircraft designs, particularly with regard to noise, was a Technology for a Quieter America (TQA) workshop hosted by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) held in May 2017. This workshop titled "Commercial Aviation: A New Era", centered on the importance of commercial aviation to the U.S. economy, and what it will take for the U.S. to maintain global leadership in the aviation sector, including a forward-looking topic on more environmentally friendly aircraft designs. A principal focus of the workshop was the necessary step-changes in aircraft engineering technology that must be addressed with the development and testing of flight demonstrators together with significantly increased funding of public-private partnerships. Government agencies which participated included NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). There was also substantial participation from the aviation industry, airports, airlines, non-government organizations and academia.

‘Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!’: Sport as a site for political activism and social change

Organization ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 952-968
Author(s):  
Kwame J. A. Agyemang ◽  
John N. Singer ◽  
Anthony J. Weems
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Political Protest ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
A Site ◽  
Coffee Shops

Is sport an appropriate forum for activists to engage in political protest? In recent years, this question has been the subject of conversations in households, public spaces such as barbershops and coffee shops, and social media and newsrooms, as various high-profile athletes have used their sport platforms to call attention to various social injustices existing within the US society. The purpose of the following interview is to provide further insight into this intersection between sport and politics and the use of sport as a site for political resistance and social change. Dave Zirin, a critical sports journalist, is the sports editor for The Nation and author of several books on the politics of sport. This interview with Dave Zirin offers a nuanced understanding on the recent occurrences involving athlete activism and the overall use of sport as a site for political activism and social change. Topics covered include race and racism in America, social responsibility, and social movements, among others.

scholarly journals Woman Appeal. A New Rhetoric of Consumption: Women’s Domestic Magazines in the 1920s and 1930s

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Hackney
Keyword(s):  
Gender Norms ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
New Rhetoric ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Art Departments

The launch of over fifty titles put women and their magazines at the forefront of popular publishing in the interwar years. The buoyant market opened new opportunities for women as writers, on the editorial side, in publicity, art departments, and related areas such as advertising, in order to better ‘appeal to women’ and articulate the ‘woman’s point of view’. Driven by commercial imperatives–women were considered to hold the purse strings of the nation–woman appeal, nevertheless, signalled a more nuanced understanding of female psychology and a gendered perspective on life. This chapter examines how it was constructed in the domestic monthly Modern Woman in the 1920s, and popular weeklies Woman’s Weekly and Woman in the 1930s. It argues that while simultaneously serving to reinforce accepted notions of womanhood, the complex relationship between editorial and advertising produced a hybrid environment in magazines that offered their widening readerships a space to imagine other versions of womanhood which, albeit quietly, challenged established class and gender norms.

Short-term Forecasting for Airline Industry: The Case of Indian Air Passenger and Air Cargo

2020 ◽  
pp. 097215092092331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meena Madhavan ◽  
Mohammed Ali Sharafuddin ◽  
Pairach Piboonrungroj ◽  
Ching-Chiao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Airline Industry ◽  
Moving Average ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Air Cargo ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Commercial Aviation ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Long Term Forecasting ◽  
Short Term Forecasting

This study aims to forecast air passenger and cargo demand of the Indian aviation industry using the autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) and Bayesian structural time series (BSTS) models. We utilized 10 years’ (2009–2018) air passenger and cargo data obtained from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA-India) website. The study assessed both ARIMA and BSTS models’ ability to incorporate uncertainty under dynamic settings. Findings inferred that, along with ARIMA, BSTS is also suitable for short-term forecasting of all four (international passenger, domestic passenger, international air cargo, and domestic air cargo) commercial aviation sectors. Recommendations and directions for further research in medium-term and long-term forecasting of the Indian airline industry were also summarized.

Assessment of the Engines-Out Flight Performance of a Commercial Jet

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kivanc A. Avrenli ◽  
Barry J. Dempsey
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Total Loss ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Flight Performance ◽  
Flight Crew ◽  
Commercial Aviation ◽  
Grave Emergency ◽  
History Of

While today's twin-engine jets are more efficient than yesterday's three- and four-engine jets, they are more vulnerable to total loss of power due to reduced engine redundancy. Total loss of power is a grave emergency situation because it leaves the flight crew with only one chance for landing. In the history of commercial aviation, total loss of power commonly occurred at lower altitudes, which gave flight crews very limited time to react. Thus, it is essential for flight crews to have sufficient knowledge on aircraft power-off glide performance. However, flight crew operating manuals scarcely present any relevant information. To fill in this gap, this study assess the power-off glide performance of the Airbus A320, which forms the backbone of the U.S. Commercial Aviation Industry. The study develops handy references for A320 pilots regarding aircraft power-off glide range and endurance. For future research, the findings can be utilized to develop an innovative, real-time power-off glide-range-depiction device for the A320.

The Next Big RFID Application

2011 ◽  
pp. 740-753
Author(s):  
D. C. Wyld
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Rfid Technology ◽  
Commercial Aviation ◽  
Bar Code ◽  
Operational Capabilities ◽  
Baggage Handling ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
Service Gap

This chapter examines the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in the commercial aviation industry, focusing on the role of RFID systems for improved baggage handling and security. The chapter provides a timely overview of developments with regard to the implementation of RFID technology in commercial aviation, which promises distinct advantages over the currently used bar-code system for baggage handling. The chapter focuses on how RFID technology can improve customer service through better operational efficiency in baggage handling, which has been demonstrated to be an integral component of the airline’s customer service equation. Developments with RFID technology can dramatically improve the accuracy of baggage handling, which can enable air carriers to close an important service gap among customers in an increasingly turbulent operating environment. Other service industries can certainly benchmark the airline industry’s use of RFID technology in luggage tracking as a way to improve their own operational capabilities.

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