Corporate Aviation - Due Monday, September 29th @ 11:59PM

Please address the following questions in regards to corporate aviation:

1) Describe the basic differences between the careers open to you at a corporate company vs. the careers available at the airlines. For flight students, this may be a little more straight-forward as you have heard speakers from both places. For management students, this may be a little more challenging  - for example, do corporate companies employ crew schedulers or dispatchers? What other positions may be open to you?

2) The argument has been made that corporate aviation departments can actually save a company money. What is this argument based upon? Do you agree?

3) Identify one corporate aviation department. Discuss details: Company, Location, Fleet size and make-up and hiring requirements for your given position (flight or management). Again, this may require some research beyond websites.

Don't forget the link.
Have fun!
Prof. Wall

NextGen Funding: Private or Public - Due September 22nd, 2014

For this week's assignment, please answer the following questions:

 1) In 1-2 paragraphs, describe what NextGen is and when it will be implemented.
 2) Also discuss the impact of NextGen on both GA and commercial aviation (positives and negatives).
 3) NextGen will cost a lot of money. This money will be obtained through fees/taxes. How do you think these fees/taxes should be applied and why?
 4) How will NextGen affect your career?

**For full credit, don't forget to include a link. 

References:

Stakeholders Debate NextGen Funding:
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2014-06-05/stakeholders-debate-nextgen-funding-options

NextGen Implementation Plan:
http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/implementation/media/NextGen_Implementation_Plan_2012.pdf

Flying Cheap: Professionalism in the Regional Carriers - Due September 15th

If you haven't seen the documentary called "Flying Cheap", please watch - Flying Cheap. This documentary is about the regional airline industry, focusing on two aspects. First, there is a discussion of the Colgan accident and factors that may have contributed to the accident. Second, the documentary presents information about the career of a regional pilot.

Keeping this documentary in mind, please answer the following questions:

1) What is the specific job and company in the aviation industry that you would like to end up at? You must be specific on both to receive full-credit for this question. Remember - you have the freedom to change down the road...

2) Provide a basic description of the job and company that you listed in 1).

3) Are there any safety/liability concerns with the job you listed in 1)? If so, what are they and how do you plan on mitigating these concerns? (*Hint: there are always concerns in this industry.)

4) I proposed that one theme in the events that led up to the Colgan accident was the lack of professionalism.  Answer the following three questions related to professionalism:

    * 1) Define professionalism in your own words.

    * 2) List two ways in which lack of professionalism was demonstrated in this documentary. Remember: Both pilots and management can lack professionalism.

    * 3) List two specific ways you plan on maintain and expand your level of professionalism once you are employed in the job that you listed in 1). These ways must be independent of the requirements of the job.

Have fun!