Human Factors in Aviation

This edited textbook is a fully updated and expanded version of the highly successful first edition of Human Factors in Aviation. Written for the widespread aviation community - students, engineers, scientists, pilots, managers, government personnel, etc., HFA offers a comprehensive overview of the topic, taking readers from the general to the specific, first covering broad issues, then the more specific topics of pilot performance, human factors in aircraft design, and vehicles and systems.

The new editors offer essential breath of experience on aviation human factors from multiple perspectives (i.e. scientific research, regulation, funding agencies, technology, and implementation) as well as knowledge about the science. The contributors are experts in their fields.

Topics carried over from the first edition are fully updated, several by new authors who are now at the fore of the field. New material - which represents 50% of the volume - focuses on the challenges facing aviation specialists today. One of the most significant developments in this decade has been NextGen, the Federal Aviation Administration's plan to modernize national airspace and to address the impact of air traffic growth by increasing airspace capacity and efficiency while simultaneously improving safety, environmental impacts and user access. NextGen issues are covered in full. Other new topics include: High Reliability Organizational Perspective, Situation Awareness & Workload in Aviation, Human Error Analysis, Human-System Risk Management, LOSA, NOSS and Unmanned Aircraft System.

Comprehensive text with up-to-date synthesis of primary source material that does not need to be supplementedNew edition thoroughly updated with 50% new material and full coverage of NexGen and other modern issuesInstructor website with test bank and image collection makes this the only text offering ancillary supportLiberal use of case examples exposes readers to real-world examples of dangers and solutions

I. Introduction 1. Human Factors in Aviation: An Overview

II. Organizational Perspectives 2. The System Perspective on Human Factors in Aviation 3. The System Safety Perspective 4. The Safety Culture Perspective 5. The High Reliability Organization Perspective

III. Pilot and Crew Performance Issues 6. The Human in Flight: From Kinesthetic Sense to Cognitive Sensibility 7. Information Processing in Aviation 8. Managing Workload, Performance, and Situation 9. Group Dynamics at 35,000 Feet 10. Flight Training and Simulation as Safety Generators 11. Understanding and Analyzing Human Error in Real-World Operations 12. Cognitive Architectures for Human Factors in Aviation 13. Aircrew Fatigue, Sleep Need and Circadian Rhythmicity

IV. Human Factors in Aircraft Design 14. Aviation Displays 15. Cockpit Automation: Still Struggling to Catch Up... 16. Unmanned Aircraft Systems 17. Crew Station Design and Integration

V. Vehicles and Systems 18. The History in the Basics and the Challenges for the Future 19. General Aviation 20. Air Traffic Management 21. Maintenance Human Factors: A Brief History

VI. Nextgen Commentary 22. Commentary on NEXTGEN and Aviation Human Factors