Controlling Pilot Error: Maintenance and Mechanics

by Larry Reithmaier

Overview

Contains real-life pilot stories, valuable "save-yourself" techniques and an action agenda of preventive techniques to avoid risks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071373197
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	06/01/2001
Series:	Controlling Pilot Error
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Larry Reithmaier is a retired mechanical engineer who, while at Rockwell International, helped design and develop the F2H, F3, F86H, F100, F101, and F4 jet fighters, the B-1B bomber, and Apollo and Skylab spacecrafts. The author of several technical books on aviation, he also wrote the Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians, Sixth Edition; the Aviation and Space Dictionary; Mach I and Beyond; Private Pilot's Guide; and Aircraft Repair Manual.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.
Chapter 2: Problems with MEL (Minimum Equipment List).
Chapter 3: Illegal and/or Unsafe Flight Due to Excessive Pressure for On-Time Departure.
Chapter 4: Illegal or Unsafe Flight Due to Improper Maintenance Paperwork.
Chapter 5: Missed Checklist or Preflight Items.
Chapter 6: Flight Crew Misunderstandings of Aircraft Systems Resulting in Illegal and/or Unsafe Flight.
Chapter 7: Flight Crew Not Familiar with or Not Using Proper Abnormal or Emergency Procedures.
Chapter 8: Flight Crew Not Checking with Maintenance When Discrepancy Exists.
Chapter 9: Disagreements Between Flight Crew and Maintenance and/or Management.
Chapter 10: Summary and Final Discussion.
Appendix: Typical Turbine-Powered Airline Aircraft and Its Systems.