tailieunhanh - Safety in the Skies

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) bears a significant share of the responsibility for ensuring the safety of domestic and international air travel. The NTSB relies on teamwork to resolve accidents; the parties that participate in an investigation may include manufacturers and operators, as well as the Federal Aviation | SAFETY in the Institute for Civil Justice RAND Personnel and Parties in NTSB Aviation Accident Investigations THE INSTITUTE FOR CIVIL JUSTICE The mission of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice is to improve private and public decisionmaking on civil legal issues by supplying policymakers and the public with the results of objective empirically based analytic research. The ICJ facilitates change in the civil justice system by analyzing trends and outcomes identifying and evaluating policy options and bringing together representatives of different interests to debate alternative solutions to policy problems. The Institute builds on a long tradition of RAND research characterized by an interdisciplinary empirical approach to public policy issues and rigorous standards of quality objectivity and independence. ICJ research is supported by pooled grants from corporations trade and professional associations and individuals by government grants and contracts and by private foundations. The Institute disseminates its work widely to the legal business and research communities and to the general public. In accordance with RAND policy all Institute research products are subject to peer review before publication. ICJ publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the research sponsors or of the ICJ Board of Overseers. ii BOARD OF OVERSEERS Chair Ronald L. Olson Munger Tolles Olson Harris Ashton Sheila L. Birnbaum Skadden Arps Slate Meagher Flom Stephen J. Brobeck Consumer Federation ofAmerica Kim M. Brunner State Farm Insurance Arnold I. Burns Arnhold And S. Bleichroeder Alan F. Charles The Institute for Civil Justice RAND Robert A. Clifford Clifford Law Offices N. Lee Cooper Maynard Cooper Gale Gary L. Countryman Liberty Mutual Insurance Company John J. Degnan The Chubb Corporation Christine M. Durham Utah Supreme Court Paul G. Flynn Los Angeles Superior Court William B. Gould Stanford Law School Arthur N. Greenberg Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman James .