Dr. Prather’s objective in all of his educational development and presentations is to provide airport professionals with practical, industry-focused information. You will find this as the baseline throughout all chapters of Airport Management . This textbook covers the exciting areas that other airport professionals and I are involved with on a daily basis, including airport pl…
This textbook is about aviation operations: the organizations and infrastructure in which commercial aircraft operate between airports, providing connections to society with the aim to earn profits. It is about rules, markets, suppliers, airports, airlines, money, people, politics and the aircraft itself. Aviation operations is a sector in which commercial aircraft are operated, deployed, assig…
Chapter One summarizes research on the seismic performance of air traffic control (ATC) towers, discusses their shortcomings and puts forward recommendations for future studies. Chapter Two covers the construction of an airport for the capital of Germany that has an erratic history dating back to the early nineties. During the long planning period, the employment impacts of a major airport play…
The Aviation Instructor’s Handbook was produced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA would like to extend its appreciation to several aviation industry organizations that provided assistance and input in the preparation of this handbook including: the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the Aircraft Owners and Pilots As…