The relationship between manual handling performance and recent flying experience in air transport pilots

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 268-277

  Ebbatson, Matt ^a   Harris, Don ^a   Huddlestone, John ^a   Sears, Rodney ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decay; Flying; Manual; Performance; Pilot; Simulator; Skill

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORT; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CREW CAPACITY; DECAY; FLIGHT SAFETY; FLIGHT SYSTEMS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LINE OPERATIONS; MANUAL HANDLING; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PILOT PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVE ANALYSIS;

FLIGHT PATHS; MANUAL CONTROL; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AVIATION; HUMAN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; AVIATION; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 75649130761     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130903342349     Document Type: Article

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