Eliminating Pilot Error
By Nina Anderson
ISBN: 1-884820-44-1
Price: $ 7.95 US / $ 11.95 CAN
64 pages
An important guide to airborne physiological risks for every aviator from
weekend flyers to airline transport pilots.
Pilot Error. Words aviators never want to hear. Our training should make us
impervious to mistakes, but there is not one pilot alive who can say he or she
never made a mistake. When an error results in an aircraft incident or accident,
we question why the pilot ignored information or physiology that can contribute
to flaws in performance. This book contains an analysis of normal pilot lifestyle
upsets including sleep patterns, duty times, crossing time zones, performance
stress, and dietary changes. It gives techniques to avoid flight performance
deterioration from: dehydration, jet lag, ions, oxygen deprivation, stimulants,
and brain neurotransmitter malfunction.
Eliminating Pilot Error