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Airline Transport Pilot Test Prep 2012by ASA Test Prep Board
Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. 2011; US$ 36.99Applicants studying for the Airline Transport Pilot and Aircraft Dispatcher Knowledge Exams are provided answers and explanations for every question in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) exam database in this guide. All of the more than 900 questions from the exam are arranged by subject category and are accompanied by specific study material. Updates are provided to account for FAA test-question changes throughout the publication year via the ASA website or e-mail. Each question is followed by the answer, an explanation of the answer, and a reference and subject code for further study in FAA materials. Regulations, weather and weather services, flight physiology, and aircraft performance are among the subjects covered.... more...
Flight Cateringby Peter Jones
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 64.95The airline industry is a vast international business that is central to world economies. In today's environment, it faces many challenges and a tight operational strategy is vital to survive. In-flight catering is a central part of these strategies at all levels: be they customer satisfaction, marketing, operations or logistics. Fully endorsed by the International Flight Catering Association, Flight Catering is an authoritative guide to this specialised and vital area on the catering industry. With an international team of contributions from both academia and industry it provides a user friendly guide, taking the reader through every aspect from marketing and on board service, to cost control and logistics. * Fully endorsed by the International... more...
Airport Planning & Managementby Alexander T. Wells; Seth Young
McGraw-Hill 2003; US$ 55.00Offers developments, planning and managing techniques, technologies, statistics, trends, and regulatory issues. This book provides guidance on airport site selection, design, access, financing, law and regulation, security, capacity, and more. It also includes expanded airspace and air traffic control system coverage. more...
Real-Resumes for Aviation & Travel Jobsby Anne McKinney
PREP Publishing 2002; US$ 16.95Editor Anne McKinneyReviews and ExcerptsThis book reveals secrets and shortcuts to finding jobs in the aviation and travel industries. Also revealed are techniques for transferring from those fields. Resumes are shown of commercial pilots, airport managers, quality control inspectors, aircraft loading managers, ground support equipment operators, travel attendants, travel agents, and many other industry jobs. "Distinguished by its highly readable samples." - Library Journal1-885288-24-7 more...
The God Machineby James R. Chiles
Bantam Books 2008; US$ 11.99From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who contributed to the development of this amazing machine, and pays tribute to the selfless heroism of pilots and crews. A virtual flying lesson and scientific adventure tale, The God Machine is more than the history of an invention; it is a journey into the minds of imaginative thinkers and a fascinating look at the ways they changed our world. From the Trade... more...
Towards Sustainable Aviationby Paul Upham; Janet Maughan; David Raper; Callum Thomas
Earthscan 2003; US$ 48.95Aviation is integral to the global economy but it is also one of the main obstacles to environmentally sustainable development. It is one of the world's fastest growing - and most polluting - industries. What can be done to retain the economic and other benefits it brings without the associated pollution noise congestion and loss of countryside? In this volume industry policy and research experts examine how to address the problems and what it would take to achieve genuinely sustainable aviation - looking at technological policy and demand-management options. Without far-reaching changes the problems caused by aviation can only multiply and worsen. This work seeks to take an important step in diagnosing the problems and in pointing towards... more...
Designing and Executing Strategy in Aviation Managementby Triant G. Flouris; Sharon L. Oswald
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 69.95Designing and Executing Strategy in Aviation Management is designed to provide an intensely practical guide to this critically important topic. Comprehensive in coverage and easy-to-read in style, it allows both professionals and students to understand the principles and practicalities of crafting and executing business strategies with an aviation context. more...
Air Transportationby John G. Wensveen
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 69.95The sixth edition of Air Transportation: A Management Perspective provides a solid foundation of current practices in air transportation management combined with an extensive historical overview. The book uses past and present trends to forecast future challenges the industry may face, encouraging the reader to really think about the decisions a manager implements. Updated topics include airline passenger marketing, labor relations, financing and heightened security precautions. more...
Comm Check...by Michael Cabbage; William Harwood
Free Press 2009; US$ 13.99On February 1, 2003, the unthinkable happened. The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated 37 miles above Texas, seven brave astronauts were killed and America's space program, always an eyeblink from disaster, suffered its second catastrophic in-flight failure. Unlike the Challenger disaster 17 years earlier, Columbia's destruction left the nation one failure away from the potential abandonment of human space exploration. Media coverage in the immediate aftermath focused on the possible cause of the disaster, and on the nation's grief. But the full human story, and the shocking details of NASA's crucial mistakes, have never been told -- until now. Based on dozens of exclusive interviews, never-before-published documents and recordings of key... more...
You Can Fly!by Greg Brown; Laurel Lippert; Tom Lippert
Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. 2004; US$ 14.95For the novice pilot or anyone interested in the world of flight, this guide provides crucial preparatory and introductory information as well as beautiful aerial photos. Emphasizing the fun and beauty as well as the technical aspects of flight, You Can Fly! provides information to help those interested in becoming a pilot determine the desired course of training and the necessary materials for flight instruction. With chapters on prerequisites for flight, how to be a good student, and what to do after a pilot's license is obtained, this relaxed yet informative introduction to flight training guides the trainee through critical early processes such as choosing a flight school and post-certificate decisions such as figuring the financial... more...