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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/299/299-005.pdf

During the short life of the aircraft manufacturing industry spectacular advances in efficiency, reliability and maintenance costs have been achieved. Attempts to pass the cost of development on to the customer all too frequently were not entirely successful, and it is evident the same pressures that caused this have been exacerbated by deregulation. Today the pressure is on costs, and the need to carefully think through business decisions is mandatory. Very little room for error remains. The continuation of a successful industry requires, more than ever, determination of its acceptance and value to the airlines, and how it relates to the cost of development.

Appeared in Transportation Research Circular No. 299, The Future of Aviation, Report of the Fourth International Workshop on the Future of Aviation held at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 8-10 October 1985. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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Aug 31 1986 12:00AM

• AIR CARGO INDUSTRY
• AVIATION: TODAY, TOMORROW, AND IN 1990
• BUSINESS AVIATION
• CHANGING STRUCTURE OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY
• FAA AND THE CAPACITY ISSUE - SUMMARY OF REMARKS
• HELICOPTER INDUSTRY
• REGIONAL AIRLINE INDUSTRY
• THE DRIVING FORCES OF CHANGE
• THE FUTURE OF AVIATION. INTRODUCTION
• THE OUTLOOK FOR THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY