Controlling Pilot Error: Automation

by Vladimir Risukhin

Overview

AUTOMATION

Master the interface between human and machine intelligence in aviation.

*Develop and trust your own pilot judgment as first alert
*Avoid overreliance and underreliance on automatic equipment
*Enhance your intuitive ability to call overrides
*Keep underlying skills sharp while using automation
*Develop keener skills for detecting malfunctions and unmasking critical data in automation
*Develop the "magical" quality of judgment

FAST & FOCUSED RX FOR PILOT ERROR

The most effective aviation safety tools available, CONTROLLING PILOT ERROR guides offer you expert protection against the causes of up to 80% of aviation accidents--pilot mistakes. Each title provides:

*Related case studies
*Valuable "save-yourself" techniques
*Clear and concise analysis of error sets

BEST FOR PILOTS

BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE

INCREASE YOUR CONFIDENCE

SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS

LEARN LIFESAVING TIPS

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071373203
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	05/29/2001
Series:	Controlling Pilot Error
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.16(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Vladimir Risukhin is Russia's leading authority on human factors and automation in aviation. His specialties inlcude, but are not limited to, training pilots to transition from the larger aircrews of traditional aircraft to the two-person cockpits of Western planes such as the B767, the B777, and the Airbus. He has 25 years of experience in aviation instruction around the world, and has conducted dozens of automation aircraft crew training and crew resource management (CRM) courses with a focus on automation integration.

Table of Contents

Part I: Acquaintance with Aircraft Automation.

Chapter 1: New Flight Operation Aspects Brought by Automation.

Chapter 2: Automated Aircraft Design.

Part II: Automated Aircraft Crew Working Environment.

Chapter 3: Modern Flight Deck.

Chapter 4: Flight Path Parameters Electronic Indications.

Chapter 5: Electronic Crew Warning Systems.

Part III: Automated Aircraft in Flight.

Chapter 6: Flight Path Control.

Chapter 7: Automated Air Navigation.

Part IV: Automated Flight Operations.

Chapter 8: Human Role in Automated Aircraft Flight.

Chapter 9: Securing Crew-Aircraft Automated System Efficiency.