Questions
- a) Public right to fly UAVs (drones) and a citizens' right to privacy;
- b) Autonomous vehicles' onboard crash avoidance logic (should a driverless vehicle optimize its own passenger’s safety to jeopardize someone else’s life? What if there is a young family in one vehicle and a terminally ill cancer patient in the other? What if there is a high-ranking public official in one vehicle and a criminal in the other?);
- c) Facial recognition software at airport screening (how can biometric information be secure, yet shared for greater security purpose?;
- d) Cyber and physical transportation security threats (limit efficiency and movement versus protecting logistical networks from terrorist threats);
- e) Human-machine interface (advance of automation and AI versus the erosion of human skills);
- f) Fatigue risk management systems (the balance between working humans past their performance capabilities and managing an safe and efficient transportation network); etc.
- Choose one of the above mentioned technologies (a) through (f) and offer a proactive approach with respect to new technological benefits and threats.
- Include ethical and policy implications of your chosen technology in aviation and transportation, along with your duty to global society as a leader in aviation and transportation to offer best practices and new legislation.
- Using APA style, cite at least 3 sources, (2 from academic peer-reviewed journals), to support your position.
In your response to your chosen technology, model ethical and professional behaviors to guide inquiry and practice in a global industry and diverse society: a) Consider ramifications of ethical issues that impact inquiry and practice; b) Evaluate diverse ethical perspectives to guide inquiry and practice; and, c) Integrate professional behavior in all inquiry and practice.