
Inadvertent Errors
Cognitive limitations in human perception, attention, memory and decision making play a role in many aviation accidents.
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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
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
Research fails to identify ways of predicting or preventing pilot suicides and murders.
by Linda Werfelman
Fitness for Duty, Human Factors
Safety specialists inevitably struggle to comprehend murder and/or suicide attributed to a flight crewmember.
by Thomas R. Anthony
Knowing how pilots will respond to surprising and confusing events may someday make the difference in the industry’s training programs. Using operational experience data to drive airlines safety programs is common, but…
by Mark Millam
Loss of Control–In Flight (LOC-I), Human Factors
The ongoing problem of spatial disorientation impacts all segments of aviation.
by Ed Brotak
Human Factors, Threat Analysis
Common-sense recognition of everyday threats and self-auditing are first steps to making effective changes.
by James Cox
Fatigue, Aviation Medicine, Human Factors
Aeromedical group endorses sleep apnea screening for the most obese pilots.
by Linda Werfelman
Mechanical Issues, Accident Investigation, Causal Factors, Human Factors
U.K. AAIB cites maintenance human factors after Airbus A319 fan cowling doors detach during takeoff.
by Sean Broderick
United Airlines equates casual noncompliance with stabilized approach criteria to NASA’s acceptance of risks before the final launch of space shuttle Challenger.
by Wayne Rosenkrans