Areas of Subject Matter Expertise

Aviation Law (Slides)

An introduction to common legal terminology.
Explore the study of chronological development, federal and state regulatory functions, and rights and liabilities of pilots and operators.
Expert Witnessing: What do you need?
Discussion of actual aviation law cases.
Discuss FAA’s Enforcement Procedures.
Fundamental insurance principles applicable to those principles in the aviation industry, touching upon hull and liability policies, limits of liability, medical payments coverage, guest voluntary settlement coverage, and other aviation coverage’s generally found in an airport premises policy.

Values and Ethics (Slides)

Understand the basic vocabulary and fundamental theories of ethics.
Understand the relationship between attitudes, values and moral conduct.
Assess the psychological, sociological, historical, and philosophical background of ethics.
Relate the nature and role of reason in understanding values.
Explain the various arguments for and against the major contemporary ethical issues.

Human Factors in Aviation

Identify in writing definitions, principles, and concepts of human factors.
Describe the 5 M (Man, Machine, Medium, Material, and Management) model and explain the concept of the model.
Evaluate the role of fatigue, body rhythms, sleep, fitness, vision and visual illustrations. (Demonstrations)
Discuss motivation, leadership, communication attitude and persuasion associated with the crew members.
Affects of the concept of cockpit resource management CRM and its success/failure.
Evaluate training and documentation procedures.
Describe the controls and layout on board the aircraft.

Aviation Project and Program Development

The principles of the development and management of an effective aviation safety program will be studied in this course
Identify the definitions, principles, and concepts discussed in the selected text book.
Describe the need for an aviation safety program and the issues which must be addressed when building an aviation safety program.
Describe how the program elements listed below be incorporated into an aviation safety program:
- Reporting and information distribution systems.
- Safety committees.
- Inspection programs.
- Education and training.
- Awards programs.
- Preparation for and investigation of accidents.
- Office management

Aviation Business Continuity Planning (BCMM^SM - Slides)

Airport Management (Slides)

Understand of the role of the airport manager in the management, administration, financing and operating of medium, large, or hub airport.
Discuss the sources of funding for airports and airport funding policies
Explain the airport master planning process to include its major elements, tasks, forecasting techniques, and development responsibilities
Recognize and explain the economic importance and related impacts of airports on the community and transportation infrastructure
Review the most significant Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR's) related to the various categories of security measures affecting public safety and the certification of airports and air carriers
Recognize the various factors affecting the issue of public acceptance as it relates to airports and the aviation community.
Discuss the various elements of airports legal responsibilities to include common law, tort liability, criminal case laws, liens and security.

Industrial Safety

Trace the history of the safety movement from the industrial revolution to the present; examine the major factors leading to increasing concern by employers for employee safety.
Describe the effects of occupational accidents and associated injuries, illness, and loss on the aviation/aerospace industry.
Define the responsibilities of safety and health professionals. Contrast and compare the roles of professionals working for companies, hired as third part support, and government agencies.
Describe and characterize work-place hazards that are typically found in the aviation/ aerospace industrial setting.
Examine the tangible and intangible values of promoting safety in the aviation/aerospace workplace. Contrast and compare metrics that can be used to establish cost/benefit analyses.
Define current aviation/aerospace safety training requirements.

Terrorism Methodology

To fully understand Terrorism in the US.
To be able to analyze violent extremism in the United States.
To conceptualize and discuss technological terrorism and weapons of mass destruction and appropriate responses in the airport environment.
To discuss the issues surrounding terrorism and the media.
To understand and be able to discuss International Terrorism.
To fully comprehend religion and Middle Eastern Terrorism. The directions of revolutionary Islam and the spread of terrorism.
To describe the concept of internationalism terrorism from the left and the right wing perspective.

Risk Management

Understand the history of systems safety.
Understand risk management principles to include the identification of hazards, assessment of risk, identification of risk mitigation measures, and verification procedures.

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