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Cover Story, Human Factors

Simplified Vigilance Metrics

Russian scientists propose an alternative method to predict individual pilots’ fatigue on long-haul airline flights.

by Nadezhda V. Yakimovich, Eleanora I. Surina, Igor G. Gorodetsky and Vladimir V. Chironov

Human Factors

New Focus for FRMS

Fatigue management systems address helicopter operations.

by Mario Pierobon

Fitness for Duty, Human Factors

‘Sensitive Subject’

Researchers find reports of pilot depression vary according to gender and cultural influences.

by Linda Werfelman

Cover Story, Human Factors

In the Dark

Unique perceptual errors permeate all phases of night flight.

by Dale Wilson

Human Factors

Lining Up Swiss Cheese Holes

Aviation Week’s John Croft discusses how the holes in the Swiss cheese can line up if the pilot isn’t careful. Visit here to read.

by Aviation Week

Human Factors

Failure to Communicate

Hearing — and understanding — the spoken word is crucial to safe flight.

by Dale Wilson

Human Factors

Inadvertent Errors

Cognitive limitations in human perception, attention, memory and decision making play a role in many aviation accidents.

by Dale Wilson

Fatigue, Aviation Research, Human Factors

Different Strokes

Researchers say long-haul pilots face a different set of sleep-related problems than their short- and medium-haul colleagues.

by Linda Werfelman

Fitness for Duty, Aviation Research, Human Factors

No Clear Pattern

Research fails to identify ways of predicting or preventing pilot suicides and murders.

by Linda Werfelman

Fitness for Duty, Human Factors

The Rogue Pilot Phenomenon

Safety specialists inevitably struggle to comprehend murder and/or suicide attributed to a flight crewmember.

by Thomas R. Anthony

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