Essays about: "Flight safety"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 64 essays containing the words Flight safety.
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6. The Transformation of Risk Perception & Risk Tolerance of Airline Pilots as they progress through their career
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Risk perception and risk tolerance are key elements of decision-making and flight safety. During flight operations, an accident may occur if a pilot underestimates risk level or overestimates their capacity (risk tolerance). READ MORE
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7. How is anticipation, as part of system resilience, operationalised on the flight deck, and to what extent does the regulation facilitate it?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Resilience is a contemporary ‘hot topic’ in aviation - as well as in many other safety critical industries. The need for understanding resilience has been recognised since it has been noted that serious incidents and accidents are often related to very complex and unexpected situations and failures that cannot be managed with compliance, or which are not covered by existing procedures or checklists. READ MORE
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8. Application of Discrete Time High Order Control Barrier Functions for a prototype multi-spacecraft inspection of the ISS
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : In the past few years, the application of Control Barrier Functions (CBF) and High Order Control Barrier Functions (HOCBF) as a suitable framework to ensure safety for autonomous systems has attracted increasing interest. In particular, autonomous space systems are frequently subject to safety-critical constraints due to the high costs involved in manufacturing and launching. READ MORE
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9. Exploring Drivers and Barriers of Self-Assessment Systems for Fuel Efficiency in Aviation : A Case Study at a Scandinavian Airline
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : The pollution of the aviation industry is often identified as a main contributor toward climate change, justified by the immense amounts of greenhouse gasses emitted during a flight. Therefore, it is inevitable that the aviation industry acts toward decreasing emissions of flights for mitigation of the climate crisis. READ MORE
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10. Run to the -sustainable- hills? An exploration of ESG fund flows in the US market in response to Flight-To-Safety periods
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Funds flowing into Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), Non-ESG, and Precious Metal funds (as a proxy to a safe haven asset) are analyzed for 440 such funds in the United States during Flight-To-Safety (FTS) episodes to determine if investors perceive safe-haven-like properties in ESG funds by shifting funds into this group. FTS episodes represent brief rotations of funds into safer assets to preserve capital during burst of market volatility. READ MORE
