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ProfessorArnabMajumdar

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor of Transport Risk and Safety
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6037a.majumdar

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Maya Mistry +44 (0)20 7594 6100

 
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Location

 

604Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Studic:2017:10.1016/j.trc.2016.11.004,
author = {Studic, M and Majumdar, A and Schuster, W and Ochieng, WY},
doi = {10.1016/j.trc.2016.11.004},
journal = {Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies},
pages = {245--260},
title = {A systemic modelling of ground handling services using the functional resonance analysis method},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2016.11.004},
volume = {74},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - In contrast to air transport safety, safety in ground handling is not concerned only with aircraft accidents but also the Occupational Health and Safety of the employees who work at airport aprons. Ground handling safety costs the aviation industry tens of billions USD every year which raises the questions about the effectiveness of linear safety risk management of Ground Handling Services (GHS). This paper uses the state-of-the-art safety theory to justify and highlight the need for a systemic approach to safety risk management of GHS on the apron. A hybrid Total Apron Safety Management (TASM) framework, based on the combination of Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM), Grounded Theory, Template Analysis and Goals-Means Task Analysis (GMTA) was developed to support systemic safety modelling of GHS. The data that underpins the TASM framework includes extensive literature review, 15 observations, 43 interviews and expert judgement across five international airports. While the TASM framework can be applied in retrospective, prospective and system design analysis to improve both the safety management and the efficiency of apron operations, this paper showcases only one of its application on a case study of a historical safety occurrence. The results of the investigation carried out in this paper clearly demonstrate the benefits of the systemic as opposed to the existing linear approaches to retrospective safety analyses and the suitability of the TASM framework for occurrence analysis and prevention.
AU  - Studic,M
AU  - Majumdar,A
AU  - Schuster,W
AU  - Ochieng,WY
DO  - 10.1016/j.trc.2016.11.004
EP  - 260
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 0968-090X
SP  - 245
TI  - A systemic modelling of ground handling services using the functional resonance analysis method
T2  - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2016.11.004
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000392038500015&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968090X16302169?via%3Dihub
VL  - 74
ER  -
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