Human Factors in Multi-Crew Flight Operations

Name: Human Factors in Multi-Crew Flight Operations
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ISBN: 9780291398383

ISBN-10: 0291398383

ISBN-13: 9780291398383

Edition: 1999

Authors: Harry W. Orlady, Linda M. Orlady

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The late Captain Harry W Orlady was an Aviation Human Factors Consultant and a former Senior Research Scientist for the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS). He conducted studies in ground and flight training, Human Factors, aviation safety and aeromedical fields, and received several major awards and presented nearly 100 papers or lectures. As a pilot with United Airlines he flew 10 types of aircraft.Linda Orlady is a Captain with United Airlines, flying the Airbus A-320. Previously she was an instructor at Ohio State University, a NASA-sponsored researcher for Harvard University and CRM manager for United Airlines.

Book details

List price: $154.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/28/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 648
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



Our heritage in air transport


The industry and its safety record


A brief history of human factors and its developments in aviation


The physical environment and the physiology of flight


Those magnificent flying machines and their internal environment


The social environment


Basic communication


Documentation, including checklists and information management


Man's limitations, human errors and information processing


Workload


Automation


Situation awareness and operating in today's environment


Crew resource management (CRM) and the team approach


Fatigue and stress


Fitness to fly


Selection and training


The challenging role of the flight attendant


Non-punative incident reporting


Some ramifications of accident analysis


The worldwide safety challenge


Current safety problems


The air transport future


Appendices


Glossary


Index