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The Influence of Motivation and Investment on the Length of Time Pilots Fly into Degraded Weather
<p>Approximately 75% of weather-related accidents result in fatalities and are a primary safety concern in aviation. This study attempted to understand how financial motivation and time investment influence the length of time pilots fly into degraded weather. The sunk-cost effect claims that …
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An Aviation Weather Preflight Decision Support Tool to Improve GA Pilots' Preflight and Inflight Performance
… Aviation (GA) pilots account for the majority of weather-related incidents, which often result in fatalities. Previous research identifies poor preflight planning practices and a lack of aviation weather knowledge as key contributing factors to the high novice private pilot accident and fatality …