Fitness for Duty, Human Factors
‘Sensitive Subject’
Researchers find reports of pilot depression vary according to gender and cultural influences.
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Posts Categorized: Human Factors
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In the Dark
Unique perceptual errors permeate all phases of night flight.
Lining Up Swiss Cheese Holes
Aviation Week’s John Croft discusses how the holes in the Swiss cheese can line up…
Failure to Communicate
Hearing — and understanding — the spoken word is crucial to safe flight.
Inadvertent Errors
Cognitive limitations in human perception, attention, memory and decision making play a role in many…
Fitness for Duty, Aviation Research, Human Factors
Different Strokes
Researchers say long-haul pilots face a different set of sleep-related problems than their short- and…
Fitness for Duty, Aviation Research, Human Factors
No Clear Pattern
Research fails to identify ways of predicting or preventing pilot suicides and murders.
Fitness for Duty, Human Factors
The Rogue Pilot Phenomenon
Safety specialists inevitably struggle to comprehend murder and/or suicide attributed to a flight crewmember.
How Can Pilots Manage Surprise in Highly Automated Airliners?
Knowing how pilots will respond to surprising and confusing events may someday make the difference…
Loss of Control–In Flight (LOC-I), Human Factors
When the Mind Plays Tricks
The ongoing problem of spatial disorientation impacts all segments of aviation.