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Cons of unmanned aerial vehicles

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We currently live in an era, in which the rhythm of technological developments is growing exponentially every day. It is true to state that the technologies surrounding us have long contributed to optimizing our daily lives, however it is equally true that the constant use of those tools conceals a series of unprecedented risks to us. For example, the drone technology hides a numerous of safety risks. The word drone it is used to define a special category of flying objects, capable of hovering in the skies without the need for a pilot on board, which remains on the ground armed with a remote control. This relatively recent technology is growing and spreading at an incredible past in the amateur field as well as in the military and professional environments. Although drones brought great benefits to our daily lives they are among the new technologies that gain greater prominence on the issue of risks related to privacy and personal data protection. Until not too long ago, the ris...
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ATC privatization

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In the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the ageny within the US Department of Transportation responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation. Within this agency there is the air traffic control office in charge of controlling one of the largest, most complex and safest airspace in the world. For many years, the FAA, has been struggling to modernize the national air traffic structure, with the famous NextGen project. Unfortunately the realization of this project has been impacted from huge delays and a considerable increase of the necessary budget. It is a common goal of all the nations that have a large number of aircraft operations to create a highely ef fective air transport system that allows safe and efficient transport of passengers and cargo without any kind of obstacluations, to the benefit of the general public and economy. With the goal of achieving this high level of efficiency and safety the concept of the NextGen projec...
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Aviation Organizations

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I am currently an active member of Women in Aviation International and in a not too far future, hopefully, I would really like to join the International Society of Women Airline Pilots. Unfortunately, in the present I cannot become a member, since there are some requirements to meet in order to qualify for their membership. In fact, the ISWAP membership is exclusively given to female qualifying pilots who fly qualifying aircraft. “A Qualifying Pilot is a woman who serves as a Flight Crew Member and holds a seniority number at a FAR Part 121 or 129 Air Carrier or ICAO equivalent and possesses an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate or ICAO equivalent. This includes all pilots who are on medical leave, furloughed or retired” (International Society of Women Airline Pilots, n.d.). “A Qualifying Aircraft is any aircraft that weighs over 40,000 lbs. or 18,000 kg flown on the certificate of an FAR Part 121 or 129 Air Carrier” (International Society of Women Airline Pilots, n.d.). I honestl...
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The Open Skies Conflict

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The airline industry provides services to almost every part of the globe. It has a key role for reachi ng a world fully globalized, in which geographical limits no longer represent an impassable obstacle. The development of this industry has also contributed to the growth of many sectors such as the production of aircraft, the provision of flight services and tourism. The strategic role of airports and flag carriers has always interested the various governments. In a dynamic market like this one, the competition is strongly influenced from the ability of the airlines to keep up with the competitors, in a means of cost reduction and level of services provided. Competition in the market increases when new airlines enter the business and seem more competitive. This competition however for the nations that have signed the open skies agreement with the USA, should be fair. The air transportation liberalization agreement between the United States of America and the United Arab Emirate...
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Who will be the next FAA administrator?

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the agency, under the US Department of Transportation, which responsibility is to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation. The current regulations prescribe that the administrator of such agency can fill the office for a maximum of 5 years. The last appointed FAA administrator in 2013, under the Obama administration, was Michael Huerta, who has completed his term of 5 years on January 2018, leaving like that the spot open for a new nominee (Novak, 2018) . The current acting FAA administrator is Dan Elweel, although shortly his role will be assigned to a person appointed by the Trumps’ administration (Novak, 2018) . From the list of potential candidates for covering the position of FAA administrator, the name that makes the most headlines is the one of John Dunkin, Trumps long time personal pilot. Does Dunkin have the qualifications necessary to run an agency whose employees are more than 45,000 and that has a budget of more th...
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Space tourism

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Space tourism is the most atypical form of tourism ever. After half a century from the first man in space we have entered the era of commercial space transportation. This era will not only change the technological scenario and our way of seeing space, but it will also bring greater popularity and participation towards the new space race. In fact, it will create a new sector in which to build businesses, but above all it will bring a new vision of the way people will travel in space. It is from the 50s that it has been spoken about space tourism. Robert A. Heinlein in one of his books in 1957, advanced for the first time the hypothesis of a future where the space voyage would be used as a form of tourism (Wainwright, n.d.). In 1985, the travel agency Society Expedition launched the "Space voyage " project, to sell short trips into the Earth orbit at a really high price (Wainwright, n.d.). Unfortunately, the project failed. In the mid-90s, the idea of space tourism become the...
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The UAV world

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We live in a world in which the thirst for technology has increased dramatically in recent years. Because of the expansion of technological innovations, humanity has been able to create devices that could not even be imagined a few years ago. One of the best technological innovations we have created in this century are the UAVs, which are changing the way we see and interact with the world. Seeing a UAV fly over our head is becoming a usual scene nowadays. In recent years, the presence UAVs on the market has allowed their use to be within everyone's reach, for a large number of purposes. There are numerous uses associated with the drones, in a wide range of areas, and here are some of the most important in which drones ensure, with their service, an improvement in the retrieval of information, with a result that often increases social security and life quality. The assembly of infrastructures and construction sites. The technological advances of drones are the result of careful...
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