With up to 80% of accidents attributed to pilot error, this new series is critically important. It identifies and examines the ten top areas of concern to pilot safety. Each book contains real-life pilot stories drawn from FAA/NASA databases, valuable "save-yourself" techniques and an action agenda of preventive techniques pilots can implement to avoid risks. (20020201)
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Controlling Pilot Error: FATIGUE by James C. Miller
After reading the chapter on sleep biology and napping in this book, you may reconsider whether to take that afternoon or red-eye flight. In this slim volume, you will find information on how performance effectiveness drops from 98 percent in the morning to 80 percent or less when compromised by staying awake too long or by accumulating a sleep deficit. And it turns out there is a downside to automation in the cockpit--increasing the workload of monitoring responsibilities and decreased vigilance. This is an excellent primer on sleep even for the non-pilot. It includes a helpful discussion of the effects of drug sleep aids. Also included are examples of National Transportation Safety Board summaries of actual aircraft accidents and their possible causes.
This is one in a series of 10 books on the challenges pilots face. The other books in the series deal with such topics as weather, communications, automation, controlled flight into terrain, and training and instruction. Additional topics covered are checklists and compliance, maintenance and mechanics, and situational awareness.
Miller's book on fatigue covers sleep biology, jet lag, cmulative fatigue, good sleep hygiene, and other areas. The author is director of the Chronobiology and Sleep Lab at Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. (Coastlines )
From the Back Cover
NEWS ABOUT SLEEP, WAKEFULNESS, AND ALERTNESS THAT CAN SAVE PILOT LIVES
*Why motivation and discipline fail to overcome the physiological mechanisms of fatigue
*The two most dangerous times of the day
*How to use power napping--the fifteen-minute breakthrough
*The science of getting more rest from your sleeping hours
*Countermeasures to apply when you burn the candle at both ends
*Expert tips for handling jet lag, cumulative fatigue, and just plain tough days
REDUCE THE TERROR OF PILOT ERROR
The most effective aviation safety tools ever, Controlling Pilot Error guides give you expert protection against the causes of up to 80% of aviation accidents--pilot mistakes. Each title provides:
*Real-life pilot stories
*Valuable "save-yourself" techniques and safety tips
*Clear and concise analysis of error sets
BEST FOR PILOTS
BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE--INCREASE YOUR CONFIDENCE--SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS--LEARN LIFESAVING TIPS
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The crew had been fighting sleepiness throughout this and preceding sorties. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
circasemidian rhythms, commercial aircrews, major sleep period, sleep inertia, aircrew fatigue, melatonin peak, acute fatigue, cumulative fatigue, recovery sleep, midafternoon hours, midafternoon slump, time zones west, pilot fatigue, sleep debt, cockpit automation, bright light exposure, new time zone, flight legs, dreaming sleep, time zone changes, latent failures, sleep length, thrust reverser, performance impairment, duty period Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Coast, Air Force, United States, West Coast, National Sleep Foundation, Aviation Safety Reporting System, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Rough Day New!
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The crew had been fighting sleepiness throughout this and preceding sorties. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
circasemidian rhythms, commercial aircrews, major sleep period, sleep inertia, aircrew fatigue, melatonin peak, acute fatigue, cumulative fatigue, recovery sleep, midafternoon hours, midafternoon slump, time zones west, pilot fatigue, sleep debt, cockpit automation, bright light exposure, new time zone, flight legs, dreaming sleep, time zone changes, latent failures, sleep length, thrust reverser, performance impairment, duty period Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Coast, Air Force, United States, West Coast, National Sleep Foundation, Aviation Safety Reporting System, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Rough Day New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Spin Management and Recovery by Michael C. Love in Front Matter
- Human Error by James Reason in Front Matter
- Piloting Basics Handbook (Practical Flying Series) by Lewis Bjork in Front Matter
- Redefining Airmanship by Anthony Kern in Front Matter
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