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49 In an attempt to present the data collected for this synthesis and add value for the reader, this chapter shares actual airport practices related to unique and innovative airport operations training practices. Of the 182 airports participating in this study, 14 airports shared rather innovative training practices.
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50 Airport Operations Training at Small Airports Table 4. Case examples.
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Case Examples 51 Case Example 2: Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport, Wichita, Kansas The Wichita Airport Authority tasks an operations officer with overseeing both initial and recurrent training for operations department employees.
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52 Airport Operations Training at Small Airports In offering advice to smaller airports, the emergency manager recommends a train-the- trainer approach. The lead trainer can attend conferences and speak to other airports to learn of effective training methods.
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Case Examples 53 share ideas, which aids in their training and learning, and also helps build a professional network that might long outlast their role at Gainesville Regional Airport. "When employees have only experienced and seen the airport they work at, they don't have anything to compare and contrast.
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54 Airport Operations Training at Small Airports are generally part of an annual training program. "[Jeopardy and scavenger hunts]
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Case Examples 55 According to the assistant airport manager, operations employees also benefit from innovative training methods provided by others. For example, the U.S.
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56 Airport Operations Training at Small Airports having a comprehensive training policy. The director said that, although currently developing such a policy, ODA would benefit from a template: "I don't believe in re-creating the wheel" (J.
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Case Examples 57 one or two operations employees at SBN to trade places with the same number of operations employees at a partnering airport for 1 day. This even exchange of employees ensures an equal benefit for both airports.
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58 Airport Operations Training at Small Airports significantly more training and professional development opportunities than were available in the past, ASE began to change its culture. Employees began buying in to organizational goals and began taking pride in their work.
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Case Examples 59 The UAS are used for aerial documentation and visual verification of discrepancies prior to and after repair; reflectivity of markings; documentation images prior to and after construction projects; as-built drawings for engineering; height, markings/lighting/flag, and location of cranes; and wildlife, as well as for perimeter inspections and law enforcement and ARFF support. One practice most useful for training is for the airport to attach an unmanned aerial vehicle to the top of an airport operations vehicle and, while recording full-motion video, conduct a self-inspection.
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