The Pilot's Burden
Flight Safety and the Roots of Pilot Error
Published on 1. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
252 pages
978-0-8138-2815-2 (ISBN)
Description
Most aviation accidents are attributed to pilot error - but why does this occur? This book looks critically at a number of factors, including aircraft and cockpit design, the constant growth of aviation regulations, the pressures on the air traffic control systems and computers in planes, to explain the growing demands on pilots.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Arnes, AI
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
29
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 229 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8138-2815-2 (9780813828152)
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Content
When flying was an art; The technical age commences; Technology means complexity and new problems; World War II changes the game; Pilots add psychology and science to their skills; Postwar airplanes and regulations: the burden grows; Demands on pilots increase as technology expands; The good old days; The jet age begins-with some relief; Learning jet flying the trial-and-error way; Pilot authority erodes; Air traffic control: the big squeeze; The FAA: a paradox; Boeing's 747 and new concepts; Weather dictates-sometimes ruthlessly; Computers fly the new airplanes-or do they?; Psychologists, CRM, and remaking the pilot; Are pilots overpaid prima donnas?; And now.