Human Factors in Aviation

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":This is the book to read if you wish to know how behavioral concepts underlie pilot performance....Worth procuring if you are interested in pilot performance. It is handsomely produced and would be a worthy addition to any library. --HUMAN FACTORS SOCIETY BULLETIN This is a book that would be well worth having on one's shelf. For the human-factors psychologist, it is a necessity: many chapters provide not only thorough historical reviews, but also reports on state-of-the-art research and practice in applications to aviation. For other psychologists, the book is a powerful demonstration of the impact that basic theory and empirical research in psychology can have for real world phenomena. The editors and authors have provided the psychological community with a vivid description of how experimental, physiological, social, and differential psychology can combine to create an interface with the technological world outside of the laboratory. --Phillip L. Ackerman in CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY This book is by far the most authoritative resource in human factors to be published in many years. Human Factors in Aviation is a successful attempt to define the scientific issues underlying this vitally important field of study and provides a framework to understand future endeavors. --Donald E. Hudson, M.D., ALPA Associate Aeromedical Advisor in AIR LINE PILOT Only once in a great while in any discipline does a text come along that sets the standard for many years. This is such a book....This is the stuff that makes instant experts. Instead of becoming informed by reading conflicting papers over a long period of time, you can just read this book. --Capt. Don Smith in THE SAFETY MIND This big volume, by about thirty human engineering and aviation experts, is the definitive book on the application of human factors to aviation....should be required reading for ATC system designers and administrators. --AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL