Ethics in Aviation

    

    Ethics plays a wide role in the Aviation industry. From the pilots, to crew members, maintenance personnel, TSA agents, safety inspectors, ramp agents and many more, each role has their own responsibility in keeping their professionalism and ethical mindset as their first priority. Ethics can be defined as "the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation." (Merriam-Webster) I believe that anyone working in the Aviation industry, their ethics are built upon and created in the classroom. Anyone who works in the Aviation industry, or any industry works by a code and has a set of rules to follow. Ethics is not some kind of guideline or regulation that you are told to follow, they are your moral judgments and behavioral decisions that you make on the job. Patrick Benton in his article "Ethics in Aviation Education" does a great job summarizing what ethics means in aviation and how guiding the student to recognize their ethics in the classroom only enhances their ethical standards in the workplace. "High professional and ethical standards are required of everyone in the chain from the designer to the pilot to ensure safe flight operations. (Benton, pg.1) 


FAA Safety Inspectors are required to have a strong understanding of aviation safety principles, policy, federal laws, and aircraft operations. An FAA safety inspector may have a different set of rules to follow versus a pilot, but their commitment to professionalism and ethical standards should be the same. Safety inspectors need to ensure that their checklists and attention to detail are carefully and cautiously done to sign the aircraft off as safe to fly. If a safety inspector does their job as ethically as they are professional and has very few accidents yearly, then they are doing their job right. However, if they have frequent accidents and a not so thorough set of inspections, then their ethical standards and values are low, they do not prioritize the safety and well being of the pilot and the aircraft. 


Benton, P. A. (1995). Ethics in aviation education. Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 5(2) Retrieved from http://ezproxy.libproxy.db.erau.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.libproxy.db.erau.edu/docview/1689625605?accountid=27203

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