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Showing 1 to 20 of 405 for “"pilots"”.
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Perceived Competence of Aging Pilots
… between age and the perception of competence of pilots by the traveling public. Scenarios were utilized that depicted an airline captain successfully landing an airplane amidst adverse conditions. Scenarios varied only by the age of the Captain: Young, Old, or Unspecified Age and that the Young …
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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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Evaluating Scenarios That Can Startle and Surprise Pilots
… 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 tested in a …
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Female Airline Transport Pilots: The Role of Mentoring
… 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> <p>It was …
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Factors contributing to pain in military helicopter pilots
… commonly accepted that for military helicopter pilots, neck and back pain is part of the job. This pain can decrease pilot situational awareness, increase medically related downtime, and increase healthcare costs incurred due to pilots. This literature review analyzes factors that contribute to …
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The Effects of Fatigue Relating to Female Airline Pilots
<p>This study demonstrated that female airline pilots are affected by fatigue. Using a questionnaire developed by the researcher, the population of actively employed female pilots employed by USAir was tested. The population consisted of 121 individuals. The population was asked various questions …
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Student Pilots' Attitudes Toward Fear Concepts in Flight Training
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T18:44:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7206937.pdf: 5990468 bytes, checksum: ab2fddfa3a4932447c756dd485d4f3ae (MD5) Previous issue date: 1971
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Instrument scan, performance, and mental workload in aircraft pilots
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1981.
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The determinants of career decisions of Air Force pilots
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1981.
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Fatigue: Investigation of a Human Factor for Regional Airline Pilots
… distributed to three groups of regional airline pilots. The data supported the literature review, which revealed many causes of pilot fatigue, including flight crew schedules that are not compatible with human limitations; Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) that have not evolved with the …
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RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF MARINE PILOTS USING ADVANCED DECISION MAKING METHODS
… main criteria with thirteen sub-factors, which pilots considered dominant to their reliability. These factors are arranged in a hierarchal order forming the new developed MPRI. To ensure the applicability of the identified MPRI factors, the researcher applied a Delphi technique in examining the …
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Correlating Boredom Proneness With Automation Complacency in Modern Airline Pilots
… pilot has changed. This paradigm shift is seeing pilots move from active participants in the flying duties of the aircraft to automation managers relegated to monitoring the automated systems. A possible consequence of this is increased levels of boredom in individual pilots due to the decreased …
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Perception of Competence in Male and Female Pilots: Between Group Differences
… between gender and competence as perceived by pilots. Scenarios were utilized that depicted an airline captain successfully landing an airplane amidst adverse conditions. Scenarios varied only by the gender of the Captain: male, female, or unspecified by variance of pilot name. Perceived …
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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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Multiple Purposes in Policy Pilots: Interrogating English Experiences with E-Scooters
… the expected benefits of e-scooters and used pilots to nurture a nascent transport option. Considering their wider use, I find that the ‘state of exception’ previously thought to facilitate individual pilot success (Van Buuren et al., 2018; Bailey, Hodgson and Checkland, 2019) is actually …
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Measurement of head acceleration and angular rate experienced by aerobatic pilots
Background: Aerobatic pilots are exposed to high levels of positive and negative G’s which can be associated with career-limiting neurovestibular effects including “the wobblies.” Extensive research has been conducted on the effects of positive G’s in centrifuge experiments. Gz tolerances have been …
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AAC use by children with ASD and their AAC co-pilots
… alternative communication (AAC). Deemed “AAC co-pilots” by this study, these parents play a crucial role in their children’s daily AAC use, yet their perspective is largely under-explored in existing research that otherwise explores AAC use by individuals with ASD extensively. Semi-structured …
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Visual Detection of Small Unmanned Aircraft: Modeling the Limits of Human Pilots
… these variables influence the ability of human pilots, in manned-aircraft operating between 60-knots to 160-knots in the airport terminal area, to see these small, unmanned aircraft in time to avoid a collision. The study also produced a set of probability curves for various operating scenarios, …
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Assessing If Motivation Impacts General Aviation Pilots’ Persistence in Varying Weather Conditions
<p>Continued flight under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions is the predominant cause for fatal accidents by percentage, for general aviation aircraft operations. It is possible that a pilot’s motivation or reason for flying will override other safer, more logical courses …
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