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  • Chapter 6. Pilot Monitoring › 6.3.6 Pilot Performance

    evaluation. 6.3.6 Pilot Performance. High workload, distraction, and inattention can all lead to monitoring errors. In addition, human performance limitations should be acknowledged as potential challenges for effective monitoring. The human brain has difficulty with sustained vigilance and has quite ... multitask. Pilots are vulnerable to interruptions and distractions and to cognitive limitations that affect what they notice and do not notice. It can be difficult for humans to monitor for errors and deviations on a continuous basis when errors…

  • Chapter 14: Human Factors › What are Human Factors? › Elements of Human Factors

    affect aviation maintenance and work performance is broad. They encompass a wide range of challenges that influence people very differently as humans do not all have the same capabilities, strengths, weaknesses, or limitations. Unfortunately, aviation maintenance tasks that ... situations. The overall goal of aviation maintenance human factors research is to identify and optimize the factors that affect human performance in maintenance and inspection. * 1. Lack of Communication 2. Complacency 3. Lack of Knowledge 4. Distraction 5. Lack…

  • Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › RISK › Human Factors

    knowledge) about human abilities, limitations, and other characteristics and applying it to tool design, machines, systems, tasks, jobs, and environments to produce safe, comfortable, and effective human use. The entire aviation community benefits greatly from human factors research and development ... helps better understand how humans can most safely and efficiently perform their jobs and improve the tools and systems in which they interact…