Human Factors on the Flight Deck - Safe Piloting Behaviour in Practice

What is for a professional pilot required to fly as safe as possible? Written by pilots the book gives a detailed introduction into the basics of accident prevention in air traffic. Explicit background knowledge as well as detailed listings of safety relevant features in human behaviour are included.

List of contents

Accident prevention.- Information assimilation and processing.- Human error.- Communication.- Stress.- Decision making.- Leadership and team behaviour.- Fatigue and alertness management.- Recommendation by the German Airline Pilot's Association

About the author

Ebermann, Hans-Joachim (Dipl.-Ing.), Vereinigung Cockpit e.V. (Frankfurt, Germany), [e-mail]
Scheiderer, Joachim (Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. (FH), Vereinigung Cockpit e.V. (Frankfurt, Germany), [e-mail]
 

Summary

What is for a professional pilot required to fly as safe as possible? Written by pilots the book gives a detailed introduction into the basics of accident prevention in air traffic. Explicit background knowledge as well as detailed listings of safety relevant features in human behaviour are included.

Product details

• Assisted by: Hans-Joachi Ebermann (Editor), Hans-Joachim Ebermann (Editor), Scheiderer (Editor), Scheiderer (Editor), Joachim Scheiderer (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9783642430251
• ISBN: 978-3-642-43025-1
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 373 g
• Illustrations: XII, 228 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering; B, International Law, astronautics, Human-Computer Interaction, engineering, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology, Public International Law, Occupational and industrial psychology, Law of the Sea, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, Human–computer interaction, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, User interfaces (Computer systems), Psychology, Industrial, Aeronautics—Law and legislation