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Today’s aviation industry enjoys a remarkable safety record, primarily because it has learned from the mistakes of its past. Through the study of aviation accidents, most of the risks of flying have been identified and the threats they pose to safety can be managed. However, aircraft accidents, such as controlled flight into terrain, loss of control, runway excursions and incursions, and midair collisions still occur, and the hazards of flight remain.
Some accidents happen due to mechanical failure, improper maintenance, or hazardous weather—but the vast majority are caused by pilot action (or inaction). Pilots can commit errors and make decisions that lead to tragic outcomes. Most accidents are not intentional; inadvertent errors made by flight crews arise from normal human physiological, psychological, and psychosocial limitations.
Drawing upon the latest scientific research, aviation safety studies, and accident findings,Human Factors: Enhancing Pilot Performancethoroughly explores the nature of these human limitations and how they affect flight. Most importantly, this book provides best practice countermeasures designed to help pilots minimize their influence on flight performance.
Whether you are a fair-weather private pilot, a new-hire first officer at a regional airline, or a seasoned pilot with thousands of hours under your belt, Human Factors will help you understand why pilots make mistakes and arm you with the knowledge to successfully identify, avoid, and mitigate them.
Textbook Features
Designed for use as a primary textbook for courses covering the physiological and/or psychological aspects of flight crew performance
Focuses on the practical application of human factors, primarily written for, and addressing the practical needs of, pilots
Thorough coverage of the physiological, psychological and psychosocial factors that affect pilot performance
Abundant examples of how these factors contribute to accidents and incidents
Suggested best-practice countermeasures pilots can adopt to overcome or manage specific human factor limitations to pilot performance
Extensive references and helpful resources for each topic
Several appendices including CICTT’s Aviation Occurrence Categories, Glossary and Abbreviations/Acronyms,
Over 150 color illustrations
Aircraft Accident index with more than 130 entries
FREE additional resourcesavailable for instructors who adoptHuman Factorsinto their course curriculum
Reviewed by experts in aerospace physiology, aviation medicine, experimental psychology, cognitive psychology, advanced flight deck design, pilot human factors education, and by experienced airline pilots representing several different airlines in the United States and Canada.
Foreword by Jay Hopkins, veteran writer of the Human Factors column forFlyingmagazine
