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Assignment 3 AVM4700 Chapter 3 Review Questions 3.1 What is the International Air Transport Association (IATA)? How did it come to exist? What is its role in today’s aviation landscape? 3.2 What is an air operator certificate (AOC)? What must be evaluated by a civil aviation authority (CAA) before one is issued? In your own words, describe how an AOC is associated with international aviation safety. 3.3 Why do you think personnel licensing was such an important issue that it became the first annex to the Chicago Convention? Explain. 3.4 Which aviation sector do you think is most important in the world today (general aviation, airlines, or military)? Justify your response. 3.5 Do you think that pilots who are deemed fit to fly by a medical screening, should be allowed to fly passengers while taking prescription medication? Why or why not? 3.6 What type of flying do you think would be most desirable for a pilot? Explain your choice. a flight instructor teaching student pilots at a small flight school a corporate pilot for a large organization with its own fleet of private aircraft an airline pilot for a traditional carrier an airline pilot for a low-cost carrier. 3.7 In airline operations, do you believe that more pilots on the flight deck result in improved safety? Why has the industry shifted from crews of four or five pilots to only two pilots (Captain and First Officer)? Is it possible that technology may evolve such that only a single pilot is required for airline operations? Explain your thoughts. 3.8 Do you agree with the concept of seniority within airlines? Is this a fair system? How might your answer, as a student, differ from the answer of an airline pilot with 20 years’ experience with a company? Explain. 3.9 Should pilots be concerned with the financial performance of the airline industry as a whole (Figure 3.2)? Should they be concerned with the financial performance of the airline they work for? Why or why not? 3.10 Looking at the variety of costs faced by airlines (Figure 3.3), which are the easiest to control? Which are the most difficult? Why? 3.11 Name two factors that are outside the control of airlines but have the potential to impact airline profits in the coming year. Explain. 3.12 Would you support airlines in your State recruiting pilots through a traditional model, a cadet program, or a hybrid model? Can you identify operators that use each of these approaches? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?