Ethics in Aviation

    Ethics are beliefs that an individual or group holds and influences how they live their life. Societal ethics

are the beliefs that a civilization can typically agree on that is wrong and right. Ethics can be applied in all

aspects of life which is why it’s so important to understand how it affects the smallest things such as our

daily activities. If someone has, subjectively, poor ethics, they could for instance call out of work for theday and make an excuse saying they’re sick. Doing this can cause a multitude of things including

potentially putting more stress on coworkers to take over your position and the effects it has on the

person themself.

    Practicing good ethics and morals can have a significant impact on someone’s job performance.

Bringing this principle to aviation could make a difference in preventing aircraft mishaps. Flight 243 was

an aircraft that lost part of its cabin. One person was ejected as soon as the cabin came off and a few others

were injured, while the other passengers only experienced mild hypoxia throughout the flight. A passenger

later revealed in an interview that she noticed there was a crack near the door. The probable cause was the

maintenance crew's inability to detect abnormalities in the panels adhesion to the fuselage (National

Transportation Safety Board, 1989).

    Aloha Airlines as a whole was looked down upon after this incident for allowing a preventable incident

to happen. Perhaps the maintenance team wasn’t trained proficiently on the airframes maintenance by

the airlines or the maintenance team rushed the inspection before flight and bypassed some items on their

checklist. Practicing good ethics could have led to the maintenance crew performing their job at a higher

proficiency, especially if it was reinforced by the airlines how important it is to do their profession

correctly.

References

National Transportation Safety Board. (1989, June). Aircraft Accident Report--Aloha Airlines, Flight

243, Boeing 737–200, N73711, near Maui, Hawaii, April 28, 1988 (NTSB/AAR-89/03). http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR89-03.pdf

Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 28, 1988. (2018, April 27). [Photograph].  https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.staradvertiser.com%2F2018%2F04%2F27%2Fphoto-galleries%2Faloha-airlines-flight-243-april-28-1988%2F&psig=AOvVaw0OAw---CZ_9C8aI

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