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Posts Categorized: Human Factors

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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

Blog, Human Factors

How Can Pilots Manage Surprise in Highly Automated Airliners?

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

When the Mind Plays Tricks

The ongoing problem of spatial disorientation impacts all segments of aviation.

by Ed Brotak

Human Factors, Threat Analysis

Fatigue in Corporate Culture

Common-sense recognition of everyday threats and self-auditing are first steps to making effective changes.

by James Cox

Fatigue, Aviation Medicine, Human Factors

The Link Between Weight and Sleep

Aeromedical group endorses sleep apnea screening for the most obese pilots.

by Linda Werfelman

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.

by Sean Broderick

Human Factors

Normalization of Deviance

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

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