PILOT ACTIONS AND TASKS: SELECTIONS, EXECUTION, AND CONTROL. IN: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF AVIATION PSYCHOLOGY

Despite the fact that automation has effectively taken over much of the control of aircraft, an understanding of the nature of flight dynamics and how they impose limits on human information processing remain extremely important. This paper focuses on the pilot's actions and tasks and then describes the execution of the most important of those tasks - those involving flight control and navigation. The paper provides a fairly intuitive and psychological description of the nature of flight control.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated

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  Mahwah, NJ  United States  07430-2262
• Authors:
  • Wickens, C D
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 239-263
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated
  • Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airline pilots; Automation; Aviation; Flight control systems; Flight dynamics; Human factors; Psychological aspects
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00965669
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0805833900
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 10 2003 12:00AM