This third edition of Human Factors in Aviation and Aerospace is a fully updated and expanded version of the highly successful second edition. Written for the widespread aviation community including students, engineers, scientists, pilots, managers, government personnel, etc., this edition continues to offer a comprehensive overview, including pilot performance, human factors in aircraft design, and vehicles and systems. With new editors, this edition adds chapters on aviator attention and perception, accident investigations, automated systems in civil transport airplanes, and aerospace. Multicontributed by leading professionals in the field, this book is the ultimate resource for anyone in the aviation and aerospace industries.
Key Features
- Uses real-world case examples of dangers and solutions
- Includes a new chapter on spaceflight human factors and decision making
- Examines future directions for automated systems, in two new, separate chapters
1. Human Factors in Aviation and Aerospace: An Overview2. Aviation Safety Culture: A Historical Perspective3. High-Reliability Organizations Invest in Resilience4. New Teams on the Flight Deck: Humans and Context-Sensitive Information Automation5. Information Processing in Aviation6. Pilot Attention and Perception and Spatial Cognition7. Managing Workload, Performance, and Situation Awareness in Aviation Systems8. Team Dynamics in the Air: A Review of Team Research Relevant to Aviation9. Human Factors of Flight Training and Simulation10. Human Factors in Aviation Accident Investigations11. Cognitive Architectures for Human Factors in Aviation and Aerospace12. Aircrew Fatigue, Sleep Need and Circadian Rhythmicity13. Aviation Displays: Design for Automation and New Display Formats14. Automated Systems in Civil Transport Airplanes: Human Factors Considerations15. Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems16. General Aviation17. An Introduction to Air Traffic Control and the Application of Human Factors18. Maintenance Human Factors and Flight Safety19. Spaceflight Human Factors: Enter the Cosmos20. Human Factors in General Aviation Weather21. Decision Making in Aviation
Graduate students in human factors and aviation psychology courses; academic researchers in human factors area; aviation professionals in military, government, and commercial settings
