Human factors in aviation

This edited textbook is a fully updated and expanded version of the highly successful first edition of Human Factors in Aviation. Written for the widespread aviation community - students, engineers, scientists, pilots, managers, government personnel, etc., HFA offers a comprehensive overview of the...

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Other Authors: Salas, Eduardo, Maurino, Dan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands Elsevier 2010
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Human factors in aviation : an overview
  • The system perspective on human factors in aviation
  • The system safety perspective
  • The safety culture perspective
  • The high reliability organization perspective
  • The human in flight : from kinesthetic sense to cognitive sensibility
  • Information processing in aviation
  • Managing workload, performance, and situation awareness in aviation systems
  • Team dynamics at 35,000 feet
  • Flight training and simulation as saftey [sic] generators
  • Understanding and analyzing human error in real-world operations
  • Cognitive architectures for human factors in aviation
  • Aircrew fatigue, sleep need and circadian rhythmicity
  • Aviation displays
  • Cockpit automation : still struggling to catch up ...
  • Unmanned aircraft systems
  • Crew station design and integration
  • The history in the basics and the challenges for the future
  • General aviation
  • Air traffic management
  • Maintenance human factors : a brief history
  • Commentary on NEXTGEN and aviation human factors