AVM 422 - Legal Ethics in Aviation

Description:
Aviation ethical issues relative to the deregulation act of 1978. Government and industry roles in aviation employee responsibility, diversity, airport ground issues, air traffic control and security, health and the environment, and crew/passenger safety.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: AVM 330.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to recognize and analyze, with respect to ethical theories:
- Dilemmas and decisions that may arise in aviation
- Capitalism and assessing the merits and limitations of the industry
- Theories in choice making such as: consequentialism, deontology or duty based
- Decision Making
- Seven Step Reasoning Process
Identify the following including:
- Governance of the international aviation
- Pricing and challenges facing airline managers and consumers
- Outsourcing under systems integration: long run benefits for Boeing and other aircraft producers
- Outsourcing maintenance: A union perspective
Compare issues in responsibility including:
- Whistleblowing in Aviation
- Ethic and FAA inspectors
- Danger of capture in the FAA
- Competing wisely-unity of pilots
- Ethics from the perspective of a flight attendant
- ValuJet 592 and corporate responsibility
Analyze issues involving diversity as it applies to aviation including:
- Racial discrimination against pilots
- Gender and racial barriers in flight training
- Diversity recruiting in aviation maintenance
- Safety, economic favoritism
- Age discrimination and the FAA age 60 rule
Compare and contrast common problems in airports, ATC and security, such as:
- Conflicts with the location and operation of airports
- Case study of the Chicago O’Hare
- Politics of airport expansion
- Air traffic control
- TSA and risk management
Identify the ethical issues associated with the health and environment as it pertains to the aviation industry including:
- Ethical issues in aviation medicine
- Environmental concerns in general aviation: Avgas and Noise Pollution
- Greenhouse gas emissions, persistent contrails and commercial aviation
- Ground-level pollution, invasive species and emergent diseases

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
10/16/14