Safety and security have always been two key objectives behind policies and innovation within the air transport industry, at international, European and individual government levels. The management of risk is important in aviation and has always been a challenge to the industry. The events of...

"This book describes research on safety-related decision-making by operations supervisory personnel in three different high-hazard industries, and features a case study illustrating each: a chemical plant, a nuclear power station and an air-navigation service provider. The focus of this research...

This study examines the human risk factors associated with pilots in runway incursions. We applied a human factors model to categorize the risk factors based on the opinions of 112 airline pilots. We focus on Taiwan's airlines and civil aviation authority and integrates expert opinions about the...

This paper analyses the effects that the largest aviation accident in Spain in the last 25 years affected decisions by potential passengers. There evidence is of a long-lasting “Rainman effectâ€, with passengers penalising the airline involved with a 20% long-term reduction in traffic....