Human Factors in the Training of Pilots

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"There are numerous books available which talk about human factors, many of which focus on flight and ground instruction for pilots, but we have not seen one that provides such in-depth study of the many factors influencing learning in this environment...Koonce uses plain language to defend the academic points in an understandable and reasonable manner. This allows even the novice aviation technical reader to agree to disagree with the human issues within the learning arena...The book is filled with valuable hints and tips that surely have been handed down by flight instructors through the ages. This book is a must-read for all professional flight instructors and definitely a should read for any aviation enthusiast."
-International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2004

"There are other books on human factors in aviation, but few so practical or so readable as this one...[The author] takes a positive approach to the subject, emphasizing safety and good practice. While problem areas are acknowledged-and the book points out how certain problems may result in mishaps-it avoids focusing on individual accidents. The book is equally useful for the pilot wanting to make a systematic study of the human factors issues behind safe flying, as for the instructor or serious student needing an authoritative text."
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