Author: Harold G. CrowleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Why Have Prop Accidents?
Author: Harold G. CrowleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Improving the Continued Airworthiness of Civil Aircraft
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309173744
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
As part of the national effort to improve aviation safety, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chartered the National Research Council to examine and recommend improvements in the aircraft certification process currently used by the FAA, manufacturers, and operators.
IP Accidents
Author: Patrick R. GooldPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108841481
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Introduces the concept of 'IP accidents' to establish a new way to look at intellectual property law and its enforcement.
Approach
Author: The Metaphysics of Contingency
Author: Ferenc HuoranszkiPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350277169
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Philosophers approach the problem of possibility in two markedly different ways: with reference to worlds, whereby an event is possible if there is a world in which it occurs, and with reference to modal properties, whereby an event is a possible manifestation of a property of some substance or object. Showing how the world-account cannot properly explain the nature of possibilities within worlds, Ferenc Huoranszki argues that the latter approach is more plausible. He develops a theory of contingent possibilities grounded in a distinction between abilities and dispositions as real, first-order modal properties of objects, with fundamentally distinct ontological roles. By understanding abilities as first-order modal properties, and by linking such modal properties to counterfactual conditionals, Huoranszki argues we can distinguish between variably generic or specific abilities and identify more or less abstract possibilities in a world. In doing so, he furthers our understanding of how we reason with possibilities in both ordinary and theoretical contexts. Providing a novel account of dispositions, abilities and their capacity to explain modality, this book advances current debates in contemporary metaphysics.
Changing Safety's Paradigms
Author: Ron C. McKinnonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1641432829
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Fueled by more than 40 years in the safety industry and having conducted thousands of interviews with managers and workers worldwide, Ron C. McKinnon confronts the safety industry's most prevalent and most dangerous myths head-on in Changing Safety's Paradigms. This book lists the most prominent safety paradigms, or myths, seen all over the world and gives advice on how they can be changed for the better. Around the world, the work injury rate is increasing, and more and more people are been killed at work each year. Man-made disasters continue to occur, and all are the result of accidents, or undesired events. One of the reasons why safety is not improving is because it is surrounded by numerous myths. These paradigms hamper the progress of safety in the workplace. Only by identifying and examining these misconceptions can progress in the reduction of accidental losses be made. Numerous case studies and true to life examples in Changing Safety's Paradigms give insight into how safety myths can be changed. No other book has been written about safety's paradigms and how to change them since many others do not want to challenge the status quo or rock the boat. Changing Safety's Paradigms tackles issues in a practical manner and provides advice and guidance that can be applied immediately in the workplace. These recommendations will result in a more focused safety management system and a reduction in the number of accidents.
Why Airplanes Crash
Author: Clinton V. Oster Jr.Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195361083
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
This work examines the causes of airplane accidents and what private and public policies are needed to improve aviation safety. It begins by examining the safety record of the United States commuter airline industry in the post-deregulation era characterized by increased emphasis by airlines on cost control and growing pressures on the air traffic control and airport system. The authors go beyond the safety of the scheduled airlines to examine the reasons for accidents in the nonscheduled and general aviation segments of the United States industry, where the bulk of fatalities occur and where airline pilots increasingly receive most of their training and experience. They then turn to an examination of aviation safety throughout the world, first with a detailed comparison of Canadian and American aviation safety, and then with a look at air safety in all regions of the world and the safety performances of all the world's major airlines. Three emerging issues are then examined in greater detail: assessing the margin of safety, worldwide aging of all airline fleets, and terrorism.
Logic
Author: Mary Michael SpanglerPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1620325535
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
A Treatise on Marine, Fire, Life, Accident and All Other Insurances
Author: Joseph Asbury JoycePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Author: Job Corps (U.S.)