Teaching @ Swinburne (2011-2018)

Overview

The aim of this unit is to equip students with a broad and coherent body of knowledge about the aviation regulatory environment with focus on specific areas related to aviation operations.

This unit (course) covers the following topics:

• Aero-political Framework

  • • Historical context of the aero-political environment

    • Contemporary political and economic issues facing the aviation industry such as carbon/environmental trading schemes, skills shortages and alternate fuels

    • Future political and economic challenges which will shape the industry

    • Introduction to Aviation Insurance

• International Regulatory Environment

  • • Key international conventions applicable to aviation.

    • Key international bodies and their role in the aviation industry.

• Australian Domestic Aviation Regulatory Environment

  • • Overview of key domestic legislation and regulations

    • Air Operators certificate

    • Aircraft Certification

    • Introduction to Quality Management Systems

    • Introduction to Risk Management

    • Introduction to Safety Management Systems

• Aviation issues

  • • Security

    • Extended Diversion Time Operations (EDTO)

    • Aviation Fuel

    • Simulation

    • Aircraft Evaluation and Selection

Overview

These two units (courses) are the capstone projects for all aviation undergraduate programs. In their last year of study, students are expected to work in groups, identify a research topic of their interests, conduct a literature review, select appropriate theoretical framework, collect primary or secondary data, perform necessary data analysis, summarize research findings, draw conclusions, and draft a professionally formatted research manuscript.