Civil Aviation Management and Flight Safety in Uganda
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2010-06Author
LUWEMBA, Henry Kitaka
Mugerwa, Benedict(Supervisor)
Nabitaka, Angela(Supervisor)
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This study examined how civil aviation management influences flight safety in Uganda. Civil
aviation management was conceptualised and limited to planning, organising and controlling
functions of the Scientific Management Theory. The contextual scope was limited to Flight
Safety, excluding Communication Navigation Surveillance (CNS); Air Traffic Management
(ATM); and Airport Safety which are also major dimensions of civil aviation management.
It was a cross- sectional survey in design; and it adopted triangulation of qualitative and
quantitative research methodologies, techniques and strategies. The study used primary and
secondary data collection methods; and it had a response rate of 86%. Descriptive,
correlation and multiple regression statistical analysis methods were employed to analyse the
data. A multiple regression analysis model summary result of .996 R Square indicated that
flight safety is explained by civil aviation management to a magnitude of 99.6%; the
coefficient results indicated that civil aviation management accounts for 98.6% of variance in
flight safety. Civil aviation planning function account for 32.7% variance; organising
functions account for 45.7%; while controlling functions account for 20.2%. It was observed
from the study findings and analysis results, that flight safety is almost 100% dependent on
the effectiveness of the civil aviation management system in place. It was therefore
recommended that; Uganda’s civil management system and regulations should be kept
compliant and updated with international standards all the time. The State Safety Program
(SSP) requirements should be issued and the Safety Management System (SMS) mandatory
implementation enforced, in order to promote pro-active and predictive safety management
to minimise civil aircraft major incidents and accidents.