Overview

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

Requisites

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Investigate and analyse current business practices in the aviation industry
  • Review and understand the need for regulation and the history and process of creating it
  • Describe and reflect on the origin, relevance and current status of some operational considerations in the aviation industry
  • Demonstrate skills in oral and written communication through effective individual and group work whilst maintaining intellectual integrity
  • Review information and data from a variety of sources to make informed judgements about current air transportation industry issues

Teaching methods

HKU SPACE

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture
4.00 12 weeks 48
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning
8.50 12 weeks 102
TOTAL150

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture
2.00 12 weeks 24
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial
1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning
9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
ExaminationIndividual 40 - 60% 1,2,3,4,5 
PresentationGroup 10 - 20% 1,2,3,5 
QuizzesIndividual 10 - 20% 2,3,4,5 
ReportGroup 20 - 30% 1,2,3,4,5 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and(ii) at least 40% in the final exam.Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

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

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.