Human Factors on the Flight Deck
Subtitle: Safe Piloting Behaviour in Practice
By: edited by Hans-Joachim Ebermann, Joachim Scheiderer
Contributors: Scheiderer, Joachim; SpringerLink (Online service)
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9783642317330
Subjects: Applied Psychology; Industrial and Organisational Psychology; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Engineering; Astronautics; Computer science; Air and Outer Space Law of the Sea; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
Other titles: Unter Mitarbeit zahlreicher Experten
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Accident prevention; title: Information assimilation and processing; title: Human error; title: Communication; title: Stress; title: Decision making; title: Leadership and team behaviour; title: Fatigue and alertness management; title: Recommendation by the German Airline Pilot's Association.