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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Commercial airline pilots"”.
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An Error-Dependent Model of Instrument-Scanning Behavior in Commercial Airline Pilots
… accurately modelled the scanning behavior of 14 commercial airline pilots while flying steep turn maneuvers in a Boeing 737 flight simulator. Furthermore, the modelled scanning data for each pilot were not statistically different from the observed scanning data in comparisons of mean dwell time, …
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Fatigue Mitigation Effects of En-Route Napping on Commercial Airline Pilots Flying International Routes
The introduction of ultra-long range commercial aircraft and the evolution of the commercial airline industry has provided new opportunities for air carriers to fly longer range international route segments while deregulation, industry consolidation, and the constant drive to reduce costs wherever …
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Performing the Personal Within the Organizational: Communicating Professional Identities Through Taiwanese Commercial Airline Pilots' Personal Narratives
… performance of identities by examining Taiwanese commercial airline pilots' discursive practices in everyday life. The intentions for this project were to not only expand current knowledge of organizational communication from a critical rhetorical perspective, but to further explore the …
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Awakening from a land of bliss : changing control and authority of commerical airline pilots
… changing control and professional authority of commercial airline pilots as a professional group. Although pilots have historically held significant amounts of professional authority, this has been changing in recent years as a result of the increased regulation following the events of September …
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Developing a Predictive Model of Depression and Suicidal Tendencies in Pilots
<p>The mental health of commercial airline pilots is as important as their physical health because of their immense responsibility for the safety of their passengers and crews. Pilot suicides that end in fatal aircraft crashes result in many injuries and deaths. Although depression and suicidal …
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General Aviation Maintenance Technician Fatigue and Work/Rest Periods
… has been studied extensively within the ranks of commercial airline pilots, and for them, regulations have been modified several times to include various rest and work periods. These regulations are often supplemented by union provisions found in contracts with airlines. Conversely, Aviation …
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Relationships among family cohesion, family adaptability, potentially stressful life events and symptoms of stress
… the data from a two-year research project about commercial airline pilots. The first hypothesis tested whether the FACES III sub-scales; cohesion and adaptability were linear measures or curvilinear measures. The second was that those individuals who had higher levels of family functioning would …
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Airline Pilot Job Satisfaction during uncertainty: the case of COVID-19
… SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic on the world's commercial aviation industry was unprecedented. National lockdowns and border closures effectively prohibited passenger air travel. Airlines responded by reducing operations, parking aircraft, and making staff, including pilots, furloughed or …
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Development and Initial Evaluation of a Reinforced Cue Detection Model to Assess Situation Awareness in Commercial Aircraft Cockpits
<p>Commercial transport aircraft of today vary greatly from early aircraft with regards to how the aircraft are controlled and the feedback provided from the machine to the human operator. Over time, as avionics systems became more automated, pilots had less direct control over their aircraft. Much …
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Determining Contributing Factors for Passenger Airline Pilot Perceived Fatigue
<p>Fatigue is a recurring concern for pilots and continues to be a common contributing cause of aircraft accidents. The purpose of the dissertation was to determine factors that influence fatigue in commercial airline pilots. The ability to accurately associate fatigue in pilots before a flight …
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The airline pilot’s wife: A qualitative study exploring the experiences of wives of male regional airline pilots
Regional airline pilots often work days away from home. For regional airline pilots who are married with children, working away from home can place the responsibilities of the home and family in the care of the pilot’s spouse. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived …
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Evaluating the depiction of complex RNAV/RNP procedures and analyzing a potential de-cluttering technique
… Palm Springs airports. During the experiment, pilots were shown the same procedure in Current and Modified chart formats. All charts were displayed electronically on a high-resolution computer monitor. Pilots were asked information retrieval questions associated with each chart. Pilot response …