PROFESSIONAL
AVIATION 316
HUMAN
FACTORS IN AVIATION
PROFESSIONAL
AVIATION 316
HUMAN
FACTORS IN AVIATION
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INTRODUCTION
AND OVERVIEW
The Emergence
of Aviation Ergonomics
The Early Pioneers
The War Years
A Definition
of Human Factors
The SHEL Model
A Third Dimension
Skill and Error
The Contemporary
Scene
THE
SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE
Abstract Definition
and Representation of Systems
What Is Gained
by the System Perspective?
History and Practice
of System Analysis
Goals, Decision,
and Control
Supervisory Control:
A New Approach to Systems
SYSTEM
SAFETY
System Safety
and Semantics
Evolution of
System Safety
System Safety
and Human Factors: The Interface
System Safety
Tasks
The Future and
Its Challenges
THE
HUMAN SENSES IN FLIGHT
Some Limitations
of Vision
Dual Approaches
to Vision: Anatomical and Functional
Visual-Vestibular
Interaction:
Spatial Disorientation
and Motion Sickness
Perception of
Motion
Limitations of
Vision during Flight
INFORMATION
PROCESSING
Memory
Decision Making
Selection of
Action
HUMAN
WORKLOAD IN AVIATION
Why Workload
Is Important
Defining and
Measuring Workload
Attention and
Workload
Review of Empirical
Workload Studies
Prospects
GROUP
INTERACTION AND FLIGHT CREW PERFORMANCE
Groups in the
Operational Environment
Classifying Group
Performance Factors
Input Variables
and the Flight Crew Process
Flight Crew Process
Variables and Performance
Input, Process,
and Output Relationships
Addressing the
Issue
Future Tasks
and Directions
FLIGHT
TRAINING AND SIMULATION
Flight Simulator
Design and Use
Development and
Delivery of Flight Instruction
Current Trends
in Flight Training
HUMAN
ERROR IN AVIATION OPERATIONS
Methods of Studying
Error
A Model of Error
Information Acquisition
and Processing Errors
Errors in Deciding
Action Errors
AIRCREW
FATIGUE AND THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM
Nature of the
Problem: The Limits of Endurance
Short?Haul Operational
Studies
Long?Haul Operational
Studies
Is Automation
the Answer?
PILOT
CONTROL
Nature of the
Aircraft Control Problem
Human Control
Modeling the
Pilot?Vehicle System
Changes in the
Flight Control Problem
AVIATION
DISPLAYS
Flight Path Displays
Navigational
Displays
Display Organization
and Configuration:
The Visual Overload
Problem
Auditory Displays
Color Displays
Display Automation:
Uncluttering and Configuration
COCKPIT
AUTOMATION
Incidents and
Accidents
Why Automate?
Current Issues
in Automation
Looking Ahead:
Philosophies of Automation
SOFTWARE
INTERFACES FOR AVIATION SYSTEMS
Human Factors
Software Design Issues
Software Interface
Design Process
COCKPIT/CREW
SYSTEMS DESIGN AND INTEGRATION
New Technologies
Revolutionize Design
Crew Systems
Design Methodology
Crew Systems
Integration
Workload
THE
AIRLINE PILOTS' PERSPECTIVE
Cockpit Design
FAA Work Rules
for Pilots
Safety and Health
Issues
Environment
General Airline
Pilot Profile
The Pilot and
the Airline
Current Trends
in Error Prevention
Current Trends
in Training
The Future
THE
GENERAL AVIATION PERSPECTIVE
Human Performance
Variables in General Aviation
Primary Flight
Tasks of the GA Pilot
Managing the
GA Aircraft Systems
GA Navigation
Tasks
GA Air Traffic
Control Tasks
Potential GA
Pilot Task Improvements through Technology
