Informationen zum Autor Alan F. Stokes is Chairman of the Masters Degree Programme in Cognitive Systems Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA. Kirsten Kite is an Information Consultant and Technical Writer specializing in aviation. Zusammenfassung Provides a comprehensive treatment of how stress and fatigue relate to aviation. This work clarifies and distinguishes the concepts of stress and fatigue as they apply to flight, and expounds sufficient theory to provide a basis for the consideration and amelioration of stress effects in aviation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Concepts of stress; Stress and arousal; Pilot performance and stress; Decision making and communication; Life stress; Stress and pilot personality; Fear and stress extremes; Fatigue in flight operations; Transmeridian flight; Stress in air traffic control; Organizations, stress, and accidents; Automation and boredom.

Autorentext
Alan F. Stokes is Chairman of the Masters Degree Programme in Cognitive Systems Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA. Kirsten Kite is an Information Consultant and Technical Writer specializing in aviation.

Zusammenfassung
Provides a comprehensive treatment of how stress and fatigue relate to aviation. This work clarifies and distinguishes the concepts of stress and fatigue as they apply to flight, and expounds sufficient theory to provide a basis for the consideration and amelioration of stress effects in aviation.

Inhalt
Contents: Concepts of stress; Stress and arousal; Pilot performance and stress; Decision making and communication; Life stress; Stress and pilot personality; Fear and stress extremes; Fatigue in flight operations; Transmeridian flight; Stress in air traffic control; Organizations, stress, and accidents; Automation and boredom.