Cockpit Resource Management - Brossura

Wiener, Earl L.

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ISBN 10: 012750026X ISBN 13: 9780127500263

Casa editrice: Academic Pr, 1995

Riassunto

Cockpit Resource Management (CRM) has gained increased attention from the airline industry in recent years due to the growing number of accidents and near misses in airline traffic. This book, authored by the first generation of CRM experts, is the first comprehensive work on CRM. Cockpit Resource Management is a far-reaching discussion of crew coordination, communication, and resources from both within and without the cockpit. A valuable resource for commercialand military airline training curriculum, the book is also a valuable reference for business professionals who are interested in effective communication among interactive personnel.

Key Features
* Discusses international and cultural aspects of CRM
* Examines the design and implementation of Line-Oriented Flight Training (LOFT)
* Explains CRM, LOFT, and cockpit automation
* Provides a case history of CRM training which improved flight safety for a major airline

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Informazioni sugli autori

Earl L. Wiener is a professor of management science and industrial engineering at the University of Miami. He received his B.A. in psychology from Duke University and his Ph.D. in psychology and industrial engineering from Ohio State University. He served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army and is rated in fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. He has conducted research in the areas of human vigilance, automobile and aviation safety, and accidents occurring to the elderly. Since 1979 he has been active in the aeronautics and cockpit automation research of NASA’s Ames Research Center. Dr. Wiener is a fellow of the Human Factors Society and the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Barbara Kanki served as a Research Scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Ames Research Center (Moffett Field, California) in the Human Systems Integration Division. Over her tenure of more than 25 years, she conducted human performance research in support of NASA Aviation Safety Programs, Human Factors and Performance for Space Safety, and a variety of Human Factors programs for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In a consulting role she worked with other high risk industries such as the medical and nuclear power fields.

Dr. Kanki’s research activities have ranged across human factors topics such as crew communication and coordination, organizational factors, information and workload management for aviation operations including flight crews, ground control, and technical operations. Her research interests include human-centered procedure and document design, integration and training for new technologies as well as safety topics such as voluntary reporting and event investigation. She has supported the space side of NASA in human and socio-technical risk factors, team training, and procedure design primarily for the space shuttle program at Kennedy Space Center and has participated on NASA mishap boards, safety assessments and National Transportation Safety Board human performance investigations. After retiring from NASA in 2014, Dr. Kanki continues to contribute to NASA projects and FAA/industry groups, and is the current chair of the Human Performance working group of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety.

Dr. Kanki received her doctorate in Behavioral Sciences from the University of Chicago, where she specialized in the areas of communication and group dynamics. She continues to author, edit, and review books, journals, and papers on human factors topics.

Robert L. Helmreich is professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in personality and social psychology from Yale University in 1966. He has conducted research on group processes and performance sponsored by NASA, the Office of Naval Research, and the FAA, as well as research on personality and motivation sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society and former editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He was chair of an FAA working group to develop the National Plan for Aviation Human Factors. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Space Biology and Medicine and Committee on Human Factors. He is Director of the NASA/University of Texas/FAA Aerospace Crew Performance Project investigating issues in crew selection, training, and performance evaluation in both aviation and space environments.

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Cockpit Resource Management (CRM) has gained increased attention from the airline industry in recent years due to the growing number of accidents and near misses in airline traffic. This book is the first comprehensive work on CRM and is authored by the first generation of CRM experts. Cockpit Resource Management is a far-reaching discussion of crew coordination, communication, and resources both within and outside the cockpit. The book will be a valuable resource in commercial and military aviation training curricula, but also has a broader appeal to professionals in business and government interested in effective communication among interactive personnel.
Key Features
* Discusses international and cultural aspects of CRM
* Examines the design and implementation of line-oriented flight training (LOFT)
* Explains CRM, LOFT, and cockpit automation
* Provides a case history of a major airline that used CRM training to improve flight safety.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Academic Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 012750026X
• ISBN 13: 9780127500263
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 544
• Redattore: Kanki Barbara G.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile