Aviation Psychology: A Science and a Profession
by Klaus-Martin Goeters
Category: Psychology

Aviation psychology expertise is used primarily to enhance the efficiency and safety of aviation as a complex socio-technical system. Much of this knowledge is also easily applicable in other environments and technologies which need to maintain high safety standards.This book covers the central areas of aviation psychology and is written by scientists and practitioners. As well as presenting scientific results, the book gives recommendations on how to implement psychological know-how in the world of aviation, a field still dominated strongly by technology. The contribution of psychology to aviation is to make this complex man-machine system more efficient and more reliable. In this book the reader will find many approaches to how this can be achieved.It is the most recent and comprehensive textbook on aviation psychology to cover the five main areas of human engineering, selection, training; psychological counselling and intervention and accident investigation and prevention. Written mainly by European authors, it reflects the 'state of the art' in Europe. The reported scientific findings and professional standards deal with civil and military pilots as well as air traffic controllers and their performance and behaviour at work.