The year 2003 is the 100th anniversary of modern aviation. Remarkable achievements in engineering have made air travel highly accessible within the span of a single lifetime. Various penalties are exacted, however, when evolutionary barriers are exceeded. The most common include motion sickness, jetlag and increased arousal and stress at different stages of flight. Of course, air travel also brings us into closer contact with strangers and an understanding of the social psychology of behaviour within groups (among passengers) is relevant. This text examines a wide range of topics that should help the reader to acquire a psychological understanding of how air travel disrupts human relationships, behaviour as well as bodily functions. Contributors who are leading authorities in their area of expertise provide this information. It is intended primarily for those with an interest in passenger behaviour and those who work professionally in commercial aviation. This includes pilots, cabin crew, ground staff, airline and airport managers, aviation psychologists, human factors specialists, aerospace medical/nursing personnel, aircraft designers and manufacturers. As air travel being an integral part of most people's lives, this book should be of interest to anyone who travels either on a frequent or infrequent basis.
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exit usage, passenger behaviour, passenger misconduct, passenger intervention, exit delay time, evacuation experiments, evacuation performance, hostage behaviour, air rage incidents, lone hijacker, certification trials, deck exits, evacuation behaviour, exit pairs, aircraft evacuations, disaster personnel, hijacking incidents, concerning human behaviour, cabin crew members, safety cards, egress time, passenger expectations, reduced oxygen pressure, aircraft disasters, aviation emergencies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Van Gerwen, Federal Aviation Administration, World Health Organisation, Iljon Foreman, Associated Press, Civil Aviation Authority, Department of Transport, United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, Journal of Travel Medicine, United States, Cranfield University, Travel Medicine International, Van Tilburg, Atlantic City, Behavior Therapy, British Medical Journal, National Transportation Safety Board, World Tourism Organisation, Journal of Traumatic Stress, David Fulton Publishers, Department of Health, House of Lords, Human Factors Society New!
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exit usage, passenger behaviour, passenger misconduct, passenger intervention, exit delay time, evacuation experiments, evacuation performance, hostage behaviour, air rage incidents, lone hijacker, certification trials, deck exits, evacuation behaviour, exit pairs, aircraft evacuations, disaster personnel, hijacking incidents, concerning human behaviour, cabin crew members, safety cards, egress time, passenger expectations, reduced oxygen pressure, aircraft disasters, aviation emergencies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Van Gerwen, Federal Aviation Administration, World Health Organisation, Iljon Foreman, Associated Press, Civil Aviation Authority, Department of Transport, United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, Journal of Travel Medicine, United States, Cranfield University, Travel Medicine International, Van Tilburg, Atlantic City, Behavior Therapy, British Medical Journal, National Transportation Safety Board, World Tourism Organisation, Journal of Traumatic Stress, David Fulton Publishers, Department of Health, House of Lords, Human Factors Society New!
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- Outlines & Highlights for Social Psychology by Taylor, Peplau, & Sears (Cram101 Textbook Outlines) by Cram101 Textbook Reviews on page 94, and page 200
- Travel Medicine, 1e by Jay Keystone on page 30, and page 244
- Tourism and Sex (Tourism, Leisure, and Recreation Series) by Stephen Clift on page 298, and page 299
- Social Psychology (12th Edition) by Shelley E. Taylor on page 94, and page 200
- Loss: Sadness And Depression (Basic Books Classics) by John Bowlby on page 79, and page 93
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- Psychological Perspectives on Fear of Flying by Robert Bor on page 181, and page 243
- Terrorists, Victims and Society: Psychological Perspectives on Terrorism and its Consequences (Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law) by Andrew Silke on page 76
- A Sociology of Commercial Flight Crew by Simon A. Bennett in Back Matter
- Aviation Mental Health: Psychological Implications for Air Transportation by Robert Bor in Front Matter
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