Risk tolerance and pilot involvement in hazardous events and flight into adverse weather

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 403-411

  Pauley, Keryn ^a   O'Hare, David ^a   Wiggins, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aviation; Decision making; Opportunity; Risk tolerance; Threat

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; DECISION-MAKING; OPPORTUNITY; RISK TOLERANCE; THREAT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; VALIDATION STUDY; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; WEATHER;

EID: 50949124514     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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