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Safety in the Skies
Personnel and Parties in NTSB Aviation Accident Investigations-Master Volume
Recent high-profile commercial aviation mishaps have stretched the National Transportation Safety Board's resources to the limit and are testing the agency's ability to unravel the sorts of complex failures that lead to tragic accidents. In recognizing the enormous challenges the NTSB faces, agency Chairman Jim Hall sought a critical examination of the NTSB's ability to investigate major transportation accidents, and in particular commercial aviation accidents. The results of that study are contained in this report, the most comprehensive examination of the workings of the NTSB in the 30-year history of the agency.Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, RAND used a variety of quantitative and qualitative research techniques to assess the NTSB's operations and processes. This research, conducted in RAND's Institute for Civil Justice, outlines recommendations aimed at strengthening the party process-which involves manufacturers, operators, and others in the determination of the probable cause of an accident expanding the statement of causation modernizing the NTSB's investigative procedures and streamlining its internal processes managing the agency's resources and staffing more effectively developing training opportunities for NTSB staff improving the agency's R&D facilities.
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Contents
The Institute for Civil Justice PDF
Board of Overseers PDF
Figures PDF
Tables PDF
Preface PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
Abbreviations PDF
Summary PDF
Chapter One:
Introduction PDF
Chapter Two:
The NTSB's Role in Aviation Accident Investigation and NTSB's Operational Baseline PDF
Chapter Three:
Emerging Aviation Trends: Potential Impact on Aircraft Accident Investigations PDF
Chapter Four:
Aircrash Litigation: the Liability Environment in Which the NTSB Operates PDF
Chapter Five:
Staffing, Workload, and Training at the NTSB PDF
Chapter Six:
Improving NTSB Investigative and Operational Processes PDF
Chapter Seven:
Conclusions and Recommendations PDF
Appendix A:
History and Structure of the NTSB PDF
Appendix B:
Data Anomalies and Baseline Accident Data PDF
Appendix C:
NTSB "Party Pledge" PDF
Appendix D:
Results from RAND Skills and Experience Questionnaire PDF
Appendix E:
RAND Skills and Experience Questionnaire PDF
Appendix F:
Case Study Abstracts PDF
Bibliography PDF
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