{"id":12,"date":"2026-03-31T17:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/abarnett\/events\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:27:42","slug":"aviation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/abarnett\/aviation\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-12\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-12-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-12-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-12-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-wysiwyg widget_mit_pf_wysiwyg panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Many people\u2014I among them\u2014are concerned about aviation safety, so I offer below a \u201csampler\u201d of my writings on the topic.\u00a0\u00a0 For further such articles, please find my CV to the right of this list.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jairtraman.2024.102641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Airline safety: Still getting better?\"<\/a>\u00a0Barnett, Arnold and Jan Reig Torra. <i>Journal of Air Transport Management<\/i>\u00a0Vol. 119, (2024): 102641.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1287\/trsc.2019.0937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Aviation safety: A whole new world?\"<\/a>\u00a0Barnett, Arnold. <i>Transportation Science<\/i>\u00a0Vol. 54, No. 1 (2020): 84-96.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tra.2015.03.003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Collision course? The North Airfield safety study at Los Angeles International Airport.\"<\/a>\u00a0 Barnett, Arnold, Michael Ball, George Donohue, Mark Hansen, Amedeo Odoni and Antonio Trani. <i>Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice<\/i>\u00a0Vol. 77, (2015): 14-34.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1287\/trsc.1090.0313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Cross-national differences in aviation safety records.\"<\/a> Barnett, Arnold I. <i>Transportation Science<\/i>\u00a0Vol. 44, No. 3 (2010): 322-332.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=10835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Bag match: At last.\"<\/a> Arnold I. Barnett. In <i>Testimony to House Aviation Subcommittee<\/i>, Washington, D.C.: January 2002.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1287\/opre.49.2.181.13529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Safe at home? An experiment in domestic airline security.\" <\/a>Barnett, Arnold I., Robert Shumsky, Mark Hansen, Amedeo Odoni and Geoffrey Gosling. <i>Operations Research<\/i>\u00a0Vol. 49, No. 2 (2001): 181-195.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/\/10.2514\/atcq.8.4.253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Fatal US runway collisions over the next two decades.\"<\/a> Barnett, Arnold I. , Gary Paull, and Joseph Iadeluca. <i>Air Traffic Control Quarterly<\/i>\u00a0Vol. 8, No. 4 (2000): 253-276.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pubsonline.informs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1287\/opre.48.6.833.12394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Free-flight and en route air safety: A first-order analysis.\" <\/a>Barnett, Arnold I. <i>Operations Research<\/i>\u00a0Vol. 48, No. 6 (2000): 833-845.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1287\/mnsc.45.3.382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"A parallel approach path for estimating collision risk during simultaneous landings.\" <\/a>Barnett, Arnold I. <i>Management Science<\/i>\u00a0Vol. 45, No. 3 (1999): 382-394.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1539-6924.1992.tb01306.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"The market response to the Sioux City DC-10 crash.\"<\/a> Barnett, Arnold I., John Menhigetti and Matthew Prete. <i>Risk Analysis<\/i>\u00a0Vol. 12, No. 1 (1992): 45-52.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB905291459316917000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Flying? No point in trying to beat the odds.\"<\/a> Barnett, Arnold I. The Wall Street Journal, September 1998.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=10836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"See lightening? Shut airports.\"<\/a> Barnett, Arnold I. <i>The New York Times<\/i>, June 26, 1986.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"other-types-of-publications\" class=\"tab-pane active\"><\/ul>\n<ul id=\"articles\" class=\"tab-pane active\"><\/ul>\n<ul id=\"articles\" class=\"tab-pane active\"><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people\u2014I among them\u2014are concerned about aviation safety, so I offer below a \u201csampler\u201d of my writings on the topic.\u00a0\u00a0 For further such articles, please find my CV to the right of this list.\u00a0 &#8220;Airline safety: Still getting better?&#8221;\u00a0Barnett, Arnold and Jan Reig Torra. 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