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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Commercial pilots"”.
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Career Choice Motivation for Commercial Pilots
… research on career choice motivations for pilots is sparse. As air traffic is expected to grow at approximately 4.7% per year for the next 20 years (Federal Aviation Administration, 2022), a key factor in the aviation industry’s growth is the availability of pilots to operate the increased …
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An investigation into the prevalence and risk factors of occupational low back pain amongst commercial pilots registered with the South African Civil Aviation Authority
Submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2014.
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An Analytical Study of the Effects of Age and Experience on Flight Safety
… decreases in the safety and effectiveness of pilots by age 60. The data for this study came from records of general aviation accidents (i.e., for private pilots, commercial pilots, and air transport pilots), and airline accidents (Part 121). These accident data were acquired from many …
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Female Airline Transport Pilots: The Role of Mentoring
… traditionally underrepresented in the ranks of commercial pilots. This study explored what role mentoring played in the lives and careers of female Airline Transport Pilots (ATP). Participants completed a modified version of the Mentor Role Instrument (MRI) developed by Ragins and McFarlin.</p> …
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Naturalistic Decision-Making in Law Enforcement Practice — Exploring The Process
… by the NDM model have included fighter and commercial pilots, health care professionals, battle commanders, and others. Missing, however, are studies of law-enforcement officers making judgments and decisions under operational conditions. This examination utilized qualitative case study …
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Evaluating Scenarios That Can Startle and Surprise Pilots
… the effects startle and surprise had on commercial pilots with single and multiengine ratings. Surprise is defined here as something unexpected (e.g., engine failure), while startle is the associated exaggerated effect of an unexpected condition (e.g., thunder sound). Forty pilots were …
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Pilot Performance and Eye Movement Activity with Varying Levels of Display Integration in a Synthetic Vision Cockpit
… effects of display integration in a simulated commercial aircraft cockpit equipped with a synthetic vision display. Combinations of display integration level (low/high), display view (synthetic vision view/traditional display), and workload (low/high) were presented to each participant. Sixteen …
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Major Airline Pilot Hiring, Low Cost Versus Legacy
… Although various tests or phases might select pilots with desired traits neither airline can show if they are actually selection their desired pilot. Both airlines would be much better served with a structured type selection processes that is founded on proven research and statistical analysis. …
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Rescheduling of Airline Pilot Training Activities Following Disruptions
… awareness of safety concerns and the need for pilots to cover all scheduled flights. All commercial pilots are certified for the particular aircraft they are flying by satisfactorily completing a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved course. During the training course, a number of …
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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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Visualisation of Spatio-Temporal Information on the Flight Deck
… information should ideally be presented to pilots to enhance their situation awareness. Today's state of the art in computing, visualisation and interaction allows not only static 2D maps, but interactive 3D visualisations of space and time. Through a literature review, two user studies, and …
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The effect of aberrations and light scatter on visual performance at photopic and mesopic light levels
… the minimum spatial vision requirements for commercial pilots. The goal of the CAA test was for it to be sensitive to retinal image degradation in subjects who had undergone excimer laser refractive surgery. Increased aberrations and scattered light or abnormal processing of visual …