Assuring safety through operational approval : challenges in assessing and approving the safety of systems-level changes in air transportation

This work was supported by the Federal Aviation Administration under grant FAA 95-G-017. The authors wish to thank the members and technical monitors for the Joint University Program for their support and feedback for the work.

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