Pilot behaviors in the face of adverse weather: A new look at an old problem

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 552-559

  Batt, Richard ^a   O'Hare, David ^b  

^a Australian Transport Safety Bureau   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accidents; Adverse weather; Decision making; Pilot behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; AIRCRAFT; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DATABASES; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WEATHER;

EID: 20044391828     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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