Comparing pilot-error accident rates of male and female airline pilots

Omega

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 443-450

  McFadden, K L ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Air transport; Empirical; Performance ratios; Public sector

Indexed keywords

AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PILOT; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGRESSION MODEL; WOMAN;

ACCIDENTS; ERRORS; UNITED STATES;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0030201217     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0483(96)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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