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Training
Other Resources
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Small Business. OSHA.
- Voluntary
Protection Programs (VPP). OSHA. VPP participants are a select group of
facilities that have designed and implemented outstanding health and safety
programs.
- A Guide to Packing for Business and Personal
Travel. OSHA-Airline Industry and the National Safety Council (NSC),
International Air Transport Section Alliance. Also available as a 303 KB
PDF,
2 pages.
- Environmental Screening Checklist and
Workbook for Airports and Tenant Operations. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), (2000, July), 760 KB
PDF,
117 pages. Includes self-evaluation tools such as environmental screening checklists and workbooks
which can be used by industry or government officials to screen or evaluate their compliance with EPA regulations.
Helps those in the air transport industry evaluate compliance of either specific activities
or areas in the facility or the entire facility.
- US
Department of Transportation (DOT). Oversees the formulation of national transportation policy and promotes intermodal transportation.
- Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA). Oversees the safety of civil aviation. It also regulates a program
to protect the security of civil aviation, and enforces regulations under the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act for shipments by air.
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Safety. Develops and implements improved tools and processes, to facilitate more effective
use of safety data, both inside and outside the agency, and to help improve aviation safety.
- Airport Safety. Provides guidance on airport operations and safety practices; maintaining airport
master records (the 5010 program) in the Airport Safety Data Program; promoting emergency operations, vulnerability reduction, and damage control
at civil airports; planning for emergency management of civil airports; and directing Federal activities and their restoration after attack or
natural disaster.
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Health and safety in air transport industry. Health and Safety Executive (HSE),
(2009, May 2). Deals with a variety of airline issues. Check
"Live Issues", "Program of Work", and "From
Experience" sections of this page for the best information.
- Aviation.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Contains a list of documents and articles about aviation safety.
- Accident
Database and Synopses. Contains National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) information from 1962 and later about
civil aviation accidents and selected incidents within the United States, its territories and possessions, and in international
waters.
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Safety Has Improved for U.S. Airlines. Air
Transport Association (ATA). Links to latest testimony and statistics
presented by ATA, the trade organization of principal US airlines.
From 2002 through 2004, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
reported that US airlines carried nearly 1.9 billion passengers and
recorded just 34 fatalities, and only three
fatal accident in 31 million scheduled departures.
- News and Publications: Airport Magazine. American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE).
Links to download area where latest issues are available.
- Rosekind, M. R., et al. Fatigue
Factors in Regional Airline Operations. (1994, June). Presented at the meeting of the public
forum on commuter airline safety, Atlanta, Georgia.
- How
Baggage Handling Works. How Stuff Works. Provides a basic explanation of
baggage movement in an airport and other general information on baggage and
freight movement.
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