It’s hard to believe I’ve been interning now for 2 months! It has gone so fast, and I have really enjoyed my experience so far. I have learned and applied valuable information from my mentor and it has opened my eyes into the world of aviation. While interning there were certain things that surprised me. Such includes strictly following FAA orders. It is very important to abide by the FAA rules and regulations, because it could cost you your license. I also was surprised by how long it takes to plan a cross-country flight. There are many things you must do such as planning your course, selecting checkpoints, getting a weather briefing, altitude, time, fuel, etc. There is a lot more planning than just hopping in a plane a deciding to go to x. Having the opportunity to intern has maintained my perception of aviation. I have learned a lot of things I knew and also didn’t know.
I think one of the areas I will improve on is thinking outside the box. This was suggested by my mentor, and I totally agree. Sometimes I err on the side of precaution and don’t really think about the real scenario and possible outcomes. Additionally, I want to stop treating everything like a “checklist.” I need to start taking situations into my own hands and figuring it out for myself rather than looking at a checklist. After all, a checklist will never be there when you need it most. These are the two areas I want to focus on within the next couple of weeks. I think this will help me take more risk and think for myself in addition to building my self-confidence. Overall, my internship has been great, and I have really enjoyed it. I am looking forward to the next weeks, and months to come! My mentor inspires me to continue reaching for the skies and to become a Pilot!
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Judge, Barbara. Director. Jun 2016, Vol. 69 Issue 9, p62-67. 6p. The article I chose as a source for my annotated bibliography was “The Future of Aviation” by Barbara Judge. Once I discovered this article and read it, I was very pleased with the information and amount of detail in this relevant and reliable source. This is a credible source because of the various people on this panel bringing in different opinions rather than a bias. The article was published by the Institute of Directors (IoD) who conduct round table discussions. In addition, these are professionals and business people who are the leaders of companies and have the best interests for them. After analyzing it, I still need to do more research for my potential topic to gather other ideas, opinions and potential quotes to go into my paper. However, this source was helpful to me and completely relates to my topic. This article or rather a Socratic seminar discusses the future of air travel in Great Britain. The information found in this article can be used as evidence to show what airports and aircraft manufactures are doing to improve on the traveling, environmental, economical and business aspects of aviation. Some aspects mentioned were to improve the longevity of aircrafts by making them with carbon material and increasing the power of the engines to make long flight routes because “it is now possible for an aircraft to set off from Gatwick, and reach Perth, Australia, without stopping” (Wingate 64) doing all of this while making them cleaner for the environment. They mentioned how the improvement of mass transportation to the airport would lessen the stress of passengers because “getting to and from the airport is an important part of the journey, and when you arrive at the airport you want as little hassle as possible” (Shaw 64). Additionally, adding more runways will allow for more arrivals and departure without a busy airspace. This is just scraping the surface about the possibilities of the future of aviation, and the panel does a good job taking these topics and further breaking them down to find some solutions on the future of air travel. This source will be used to analyze certain aspects of the future of aviation covered in this article. While it is a broad topic, there are import points discussed which will help with concrete detail in my research paper. The information that will be used from this source will have direct quote and in-text citation as well as paraphrasing from the article. These will be mostly in the body paragraphs as this is one direct source of evidence to add to my commentary. While it didn’t help me answer all my questions, it definitely hit on a few important points that I will include in my bibliography and I think this will be the perfect source to use to cover those details as it is a crucial piece to my paper. Graphic Organizer (Step 2 of Creating an Annotated Bibliography). |