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List of contents
Contents: New Concepts for Aircraft and Airports: A systems approach to developing the new aircraft; New generation airports; The airport business and information technology; Airport security. Human Factors and Training: Human Factors in the cockpit; Laws for the design of the Universal cockpit displays; Creating a culture of safety; Human Factors in Air Traffic Control; Training issues in Air Traffic Flow Management. Managing the Aviation System: The Air Traffic Management System - present and future; Improving capacity - implementation of the FANS CNS/ATM system in the Asia/Pacific region; The new IATA international passenger liability regime; Developments in aircraft interior design.
About the author
Dr Rodney Baldwin is Managing Director of Baldwin International Services, Luxembourg, and is currently working with a number of government agencies to improve aspects of the aviation industry and air traffic management. Previously he was Director of the Eurocontrol Institute of Air Navigation Services, where he played a key role in increasing its coordination with national government agencies. He has a doctorate in electronics and communications and has written numerous publications most recently with a chapter in Designing Instruction for Human Factors Training in Aviation, edited by Graham Hunt (Ashgate 1997).
Summary
This book provides a general account, with more breadth and depth than usual for a general book, of how some aspects of aviation will develop in the next few decades.
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’...will increase your awareness of what is going on around you in the aviation environment and how preparations for the next century are being addressed.’ The Controller ’Those concerned with mainstream issues in ATC and an increasing overlap in the roles of pilots and controllers, will benefit from the direction provided by this book.’ Aerospace Professional
