Fitness for Duty, Aviation Research, Human Factors
No Clear Pattern
Research fails to identify ways of predicting or preventing pilot suicides and murders.
Industry Updates
Posts Categorized: Human Factors
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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.
Human Factors, Threat Analysis
Fatigue in Corporate Culture
Common-sense recognition of everyday threats and self-auditing are first steps to making effective changes.
Fatigue, Aviation Medicine, Human Factors
The Link Between Weight and Sleep
Aeromedical group endorses sleep apnea screening for the most obese pilots.
Mechanical Issues, Accident Investigation, Causal Factors, Human Factors
Fast Fixes
U.K. AAIB cites maintenance human factors after Airbus A319 fan cowling doors detach during takeoff.
Normalization of Deviance
United Airlines equates casual noncompliance with stabilized approach criteria to NASA’s acceptance of risks before…
Startle Update
European researchers analyze hand-flying issues in simulators as flight crews respond to unexpected threats during…
Crossing Cultures
National norms and customs play a role in defining aircraft operators’ safety cultures.