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Human Factors on the Flight Deck

Safe Piloting Behaviour in Practice

  • Accident prevention for professional pilots
  • Background of safety relevant human behaviour (CRM)
  • Precise behaviours to prevent accidents
  • All in the specific language of pilots
  • Easy to use for individual pilots
  • Provides detailed base for an airline's human factors training
  • Also suitable for all high risk professionals working under time pressures like surgeons, policemen and on

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Accident Prevention

    • Hans-Joachim Ebermann, Patrick Jordan
    Pages 1-36
  3. Information Assimilation and Processing

    • Gerhard Fahnenbruck
    Pages 37-58
  4. Human Error

    • Rolf Wiedemann
    Pages 59-86
  5. Communication

    • Hans-Ulrich Raulf
    Pages 87-112
  6. Stress

    • Hans-Joachim Ebermann, Gerhard Fahnenbruck
    Pages 113-134
  7. Decision Making

    • Johannes Bühler, Hans-Joachim Ebermann, Florian Hamm, Dagmar Reuter-Leahr
    Pages 135-164
  8. Leadership and Team Behaviour

    • H.-J. Ebermann, J. Scheiderer
    Pages 165-186
  9. Fatigue and Alertness Management

    • Hans-Joachim Ebermann, Maria-Pascaline Murtha
    Pages 187-209
  10. Recommendations by the German Airline Pilot’s Association

    • H.-J. Ebermann, M.-P. Murtha
    Pages 211-215
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 217-225

About this book

What is for a professional pilot required to fly as safe as possible? Written by pilots the book gives a detailed introduction into the basics of accident prevention in air traffic. Explicit background knowledge as well as detailed listings of safety relevant features in human behaviour are included.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Main Airport Center, Vereinigung Cockpit e.V., Frankfurt, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Ebermann, Joachim Scheiderer

About the editors

Ebermann, Hans-Joachim (Dipl.-Ing.), Vereinigung Cockpit e.V. (Frankfurt, Germany), vc.ebermann@onlinehome.de

Scheiderer, Joachim (Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. (FH), Vereinigung Cockpit e.V. (Frankfurt, Germany), scheiderer@live.de

 

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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