Dead Reckoning - Air Traffic Control, System Effects, and Risk

"Vaughan unveils the complicated and high-pressure world of air traffic controllers as they navigate technology and political and public climates, and shows how they keep the skies so safe."--

About the author

Diane Vaughan is professor of sociology and international and public affairs at Columbia University. She is the author of many books including The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Product details

• Authors: Diane Vaughan, Vaughan Diane
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2023
• EAN: 9780226826578
• ISBN: 978-0-226-82657-8
• No. of pages: 640
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering; TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, Aerospace & aviation technology, Aerospace and aviation technology