Controlling Pilot Error: Automation - Softcover

Risukhin, Vladimir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071373209 ISBN 13: 9780071373203

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2001

Synopsis

With up to 80% of accidents attributed to pilot error, this new series is critically important. It identifies and examines the ten top areas of concern to pilot safety. Each book contains real-life pilot stories drawn from FAA/NASA databases, valuable "save-yourself" techniques and an action agenda of preventive techniques pilots can implement to avoid risks.

About this title

About the Author

Vladimir Risukhin is Russia's leading authority on human factors and automation in aviation. His specialties inlcude, but are not limited to, training pilots to transition from the larger aircrews of traditional aircraft to the two-person cockpits of Western planes such as the B767, the B777, and the Airbus. He has 25 years of experience in aviation instruction around the world, and has conducted dozens of automation aircraft crew training and crew resource management (CRM) courses with a focus on automation integration.

From the Back Cover

AUTOMATION

Master the interface between human and machine intelligence in aviation.

*Develop and trust your own pilot judgment as first alert
*Avoid overreliance and underreliance on automatic equipment
*Enhance your intuitive ability to call overrides
*Keep underlying skills sharp while using automation
*Develop keener skills for detecting malfunctions and unmasking critical data in automation
*Develop the "magical" quality of judgment

FAST & FOCUSED RX FOR PILOT ERROR

The most effective aviation safety tools available, CONTROLLING PILOT ERROR guides offer you expert protection against the causes of up to 80% of aviation accidents--pilot mistakes. Each title provides:

*Related case studies
*Valuable "save-yourself" techniques
*Clear and concise analysis of error sets

BEST FOR PILOTS

BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE

INCREASE YOUR CONFIDENCE

SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS

LEARN LIFESAVING TIPS

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071373209
• ISBN 13: 9780071373203
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 318