Safety in Aviation

Lecturer	Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. H. Fricke Dipl.-Ing. M. Schlosser Dipl.-Ing. K. Ahnert
Contact	Dipl.-Ing. H. Braßel
Module	Safety und Airline Management: VW-VI-690, VW-LL-50, MA-VWI-VI10, MA-WW-ING-1730 or DA-WW-ING-1730, VW-TEc-MA-VIW 115 (belonging to Airline Management)
Scope	2 SWS (2/0/0)
Examination	according module descriptions
Dates/Rotation	Summer Term Thursday 07:30 - 09:00
Location	POT 151
Teaching Material	Via OPAL group
Language	German, but English slides available

Content of the Course

This course deals with the general insurance-relevant characteristics of air traffic and the factors influencing aviation safety. The general quantitative assessment possibilities of aviation safety and the safety management at airports and airlines are part of the curriculum.

Upon completion of this course, you will have knowledge of structures and measures to ensure aviation safety. You will be familiar with system-immanent and non-system-immanent influencing variables on aviation safety and know about the common methods for assessing and quantifying aviation safety. In addition, you will understand the objectives, structure and implementation of safety management systems at airports, ground handling services and, in particular, airlines.