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  2. Aviation safety - Wikipedia

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    An Air Malta crewman performing a pre-flight inspection of an Airbus A320.. Aviation safety is the study and practice of managing risks in aviation.This includes preventing aviation accidents and incidents through research, educating air travel personnel, passengers and the general public, as well as the design of aircraft and aviation infrastructure.

  3. Antifragility - Wikipedia

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    In his book, Taleb stresses the differences between antifragile and robust/resilient. "Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better." [1] The concept has now been applied to ecosystems in a rigorous way. [17]

  4. SEAN DUFFY: America’s air traffic systems need an ... - AOL

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    As part of a larger government-wide restructuring that affected every federal agency, 0.8% of the FAA’s 45,000 employees were recently laid off — and we worked to ensure that all air traffic ...

  5. Air traffic management - Wikipedia

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    Air traffic management (ATM) aims at ensuring the safe and efficient flow of air traffic. [1] It encompasses three types of services: [ 2 ] air traffic services (ATS) including air traffic control (ATC), air traffic advisory services, flight information services and alerting services,

  6. Traffic collision avoidance system - Wikipedia

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    A traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS), pronounced / ˈ t iː k æ s / TEE-kas), also known as an Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS), [1] is an aircraft collision avoidance system designed to reduce the incidence of mid-air collision (MAC) between aircraft.

  7. Flight test - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School are the programs designed to teach military test personnel. In the UK, most military flight testing is conducted by three organizations, the RAF, BAE Systems and QinetiQ. For minor upgrades the testing may be conducted by one of these three organizations in isolation, but ...

  8. Next Generation Air Transportation System - Wikipedia

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    The need for NextGen became apparent during the summer of 2000 when air travel was impeded by severe congestion and costly delays. Two years later, the Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry recommended that a multiagency task force develop an integrated plan to transform the U.S. air transportation system.

  9. Ground delay program - Wikipedia

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    An air traffic control ground delay program or FAA Flow Control is a traffic flow initiative that is instituted by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the National Airspace System. This program is usually instituted when the following events occur at an airport: inclement weather (i.e., reduced visibility, thunderstorms ...