Navigation Standards Over the North Atlantic

In the 1960's a controversy arose regarding the safety of navigation standards of jet aircraft over the North Atlantic Ocean, which led to a confrontation between airline owners and pilots. A systems analysis led to a redesigned and improved system which resolved the controversy by giving each...

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Published in:Interfaces
Main Author: Robert E. Machol
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.5.2pt2.62
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Summary:In the 1960's a controversy arose regarding the safety of navigation standards of jet aircraft over the North Atlantic Ocean, which led to a confrontation between airline owners and pilots. A systems analysis led to a redesigned and improved system which resolved the controversy by giving each side at least as much as it originally requested, in terms of minimizing cost on the one hand and maximizing safety on the other.