The Importance Of Safety In The Aviation Industry

Introduction
Aviation is an industry that has had an impressive development in a very short period of time. The first flight of the Wright brothers was without a doubt an event that changed the way the world functions. Later in the 60 's the era of the jet began and once again aviation was able to make an impact that is evidently felt still today. Moreover, the aviation industry with its characteristic of connecting has contributed to the development of other industries that have benefit from the easiness, the reduction of time, and .............
Safety is a top priority in the aviation industry however, as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) states the core of all aviation organizations is business and must be treated as such (Stolzer, Halford, and Goglia, 2011). Therefore, providing the service they were created for, and having profits is the real top priority (ICAO, 2009, p. 3-1). Nevertheless, the industry, with ICAO leading the way, does everything that is possible to ensure safety and to improve it as time passes. Since the 60 's, the accident rate has considerably decreased and numbers confirm the hard work from the aviation organizations to enhance safety (Dempsey and Jakhu, 2017, p. 23). According to the 2017 ICAO Safety Report, 2016 saw a decreased of 18% less accidents compared to 2015 while the number of scheduled commercial departures increased (p. 5). With the increase of scheduled departures, there was a 25% decrease in the global accident