Many people—I among them—are concerned about aviation safety, so I offer below a “sampler” of my writings on the topic. For further such articles, please find my CV to the right of this list.
- "Airline safety: Still getting better?" Barnett, Arnold and Jan Reig Torra. Journal of Air Transport Management Vol. 119, (2024): 102641.
- "Aviation safety: A whole new world?" Barnett, Arnold. Transportation Science Vol. 54, No. 1 (2020): 84-96.
- "Collision course? The North Airfield safety study at Los Angeles International Airport." Barnett, Arnold, Michael Ball, George Donohue, Mark Hansen, Amedeo Odoni and Antonio Trani. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice Vol. 77, (2015): 14-34.
- "Cross-national differences in aviation safety records." Barnett, Arnold I. Transportation Science Vol. 44, No. 3 (2010): 322-332.
- "Bag match: At last." Arnold I. Barnett. In Testimony to House Aviation Subcommittee, Washington, D.C.: January 2002.
- "Safe at home? An experiment in domestic airline security." Barnett, Arnold I., Robert Shumsky, Mark Hansen, Amedeo Odoni and Geoffrey Gosling. Operations Research Vol. 49, No. 2 (2001): 181-195.
- "Fatal US runway collisions over the next two decades." Barnett, Arnold I. , Gary Paull, and Joseph Iadeluca. Air Traffic Control Quarterly Vol. 8, No. 4 (2000): 253-276.
- "Free-flight and en route air safety: A first-order analysis." Barnett, Arnold I. Operations Research Vol. 48, No. 6 (2000): 833-845.
- "A parallel approach path for estimating collision risk during simultaneous landings." Barnett, Arnold I. Management Science Vol. 45, No. 3 (1999): 382-394.
- "The market response to the Sioux City DC-10 crash." Barnett, Arnold I., John Menhigetti and Matthew Prete. Risk Analysis Vol. 12, No. 1 (1992): 45-52.
- "Flying? No point in trying to beat the odds." Barnett, Arnold I. The Wall Street Journal, September 1998.
- "See lightening? Shut airports." Barnett, Arnold I. The New York Times, June 26, 1986.