The Pilot's Burden: Flight Safety and the Roots of Pilot Error

By Robert N. Buck

Book Overview

Most aviation accidents are attributed to pilot error - but why does this occur? This book looks critically at a number of factors, including aircraft and cockpit design, the constant growth of aviation regulations, the pressures on the air traffic control systems and computers in planes, to explain the growing demands on pilots.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813828155
• ISBN13: 9780813828152
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Iowa State Pr
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.0"