ABSTRACT

In this educational yet entertaining text, Jeff Koonce draws on his 44 years of pilot experience and 31 years as a professor of psychology and human factors engineering in addressing the questions of how to apply sound human factors principles to the training of pilots and to one's personal flying.

The author discusses principles of human f

part |2 pages

PART I Human factors

chapter 1|10 pages

Human factors

chapter 2|23 pages

Traditional training of pilots

chapter 3|15 pages

Principles of human learning

chapter |11 pages

Part task training

chapter 4|23 pages

The senses – vision

chapter 5|10 pages

The senses – hearing

chapter 6|18 pages

The senses – mechanical

chapter 7|6 pages

Other senses

chapter 8|18 pages

Environment

chapter 9|8 pages

Health

chapter |3 pages

Diet

chapter 10|8 pages

Stress

chapter 11|6 pages

Psychological factors

chapter |13 pages

Fighter pilots do it better

chapter 12|1 pages

Evaluation of performance

chapter 13|5 pages

Maintenance of skills

chapter 14|4 pages

Advanced aviation systems

chapter |7 pages

Controls

chapter |5 pages

Crew resource management

part |2 pages

PART II Applications and hints from the years

chapter 16|1 pages

Preflight

chapter |4 pages

Preflight planning

chapter |13 pages

Checklists

chapter 17|8 pages

Take off

chapter 18|19 pages

En route

chapter 19|1 pages

Landing

chapter |6 pages

Go-arounds

chapter |4 pages

Crosswind landings

chapter 20|11 pages

Emergencies and survival

chapter 21|9 pages

Finding out why

chapter 22|4 pages

Miscellaneous