The effectiveness of airline pilot training for abnormal events

Human Factors

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 477-485

  Casner, Stephen M ^a   Geven, Richard W ^b   Williams, Kent T ^b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abnormal events; effectiveness; generalizability; pilots; rote learning; training

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL EVENTS; EFFECTIVENESS; GENERALIZABILITY; PILOTS; ROTE LEARNING;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; TRAINING AIRCRAFT;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; WIND;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; AVIATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; WIND;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878026702     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812466893     Document Type: Article

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