AbstractFinding a proxy for analyzing and developing policy responses to rare events is often challenging. In the case of commercial airline accidents, these are small in number, especially within most national jurisdiction. This makes it difficult to use standard, objective probability techniques for assessing the impacts of various safety policies or for developing monetary measures for their inclusion in cost-benefit analysis studies. What is often used in place of the actual or predicted accident rate is a measure of ‘air’ (or ‘near’) misses that reflects the number of times a technically determined safety parameter is violated. The paper looks at whether this is a useful measure in terms of the quality of the data available, and whether it acts as a reasonable proxy when used in air transportation safety analysis and policy-making.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Are measures of air-misses a useful guide to air transport safety policy?


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2006-01-01


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





    NHS misses data deadline

    British Library Online Contents | 2008


    FAA Misses the Mark

    Donaldson | Online Contents | 1997


    Mondeo misses the point

    Harris, Chris | Online Contents | 2007