Naked Pilot: The Human Factor in Aircraft Accidents

by David Beaty

Book Overview

Investigations into the causes of aircraft accidents have for decades focused on what happened and who did it - very rarely 'Why'? It is the question 'Why' that David Beaty has addressed here,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853104825
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: The Crowood Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.7" x 0.9" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

very captivating

thoughtful and well-researched insights into psychology affecting pilots and the accidents they are involved in. I devoured the book. Well-written.

The Best

This is the best book on human factors by far. Most books of this genera tend to put you asleep. Well written and researched. As each human factor is explored -several accidents are then reviewed and shown how the factors played a roll in the final outcome. For those who fly this is a must have -read it and live it.

Excellent analysis of human factors in aviation

This is a well-researched book on how human factors affect aviation workers. It's not restricted to pilots. Maintenance workers, management, politicians, manufacturers are all affected by the psychological factors detailed in the book. Many of the concepts occur in everyday life to everyone. There were several times when the author talks about concepts like laterality which happened to me personally, even if I've never been involved in aviation work.Highly recommended.

A must for anyone working in the aviation industry

A very thought-provoking look at the aviation business, with new perspectives on old ideas. These new insights give much cause for thought, and should not lightly be ignored by anybody working in the aviation business. The main slant of the book is about the human involved, and considers aspects that affect the human (in the cockpit).

Entertaining

Great title - shame about the cover. Indeed, the content is about as horrible as the prospect of a pilot with no clothes on. However, this is no crew-hotel kiss and tell story, it's about accidents. Airliner disasters have proved a profitable publishing topic over the years and David Beaty pulls no punches with both cockpit crew and management in exposing thinking patterns behind a number of well-known airliner crashes. For example, airlines become extremely agitated at the mere suggestion that pilots enjoy a drink or three, yet the American pilot of a Japanese Airlines cargo boarded his DC-8 blind drunk and predictably ended up in a mass of flames and wreckage not far from his takeoff point. In a true spirit of flightdeck denial, his colleagues who were at the bar at the same time said they hadn't seen him drink a thing. However, witnesses not known to him personally spoke otherwise. The entire crew were wiped out. David Beaty manages to avoid the mundane implications ! of Cockpit Resource Management cliché and has produced a great read that will entertain both ATP's and PPL's. Excellent.