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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.
Description
Back Cover :
Do
you pilot with constantly acute mental accuracy and analysis?
- Overcome
the passive pilot syndrome involved in many aviation accidents
- Learn
to prepare to be aware
- Sharpen
perception of your surroundings
- Build
a second sense for detecting loss of SA
- Recover
quickly from temporary disorientation
- Learn
about cockpit avionics that warn of SA losses
FAST
& FOCUSED RX FOR PILOT ERROR
The most
effective aviation safety tools available, CONTROLLING PILOT
ERROR guides offer you expert protection against the causes
of up to 80% of aviation accidents....pilot mistakes. Each title
provides:
- Related
case studies
- Valuable
save yourself techniques and safety tips
- Clear
and concise analysis of error sets
BEST
FOR PILOTS
- BUILD
YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE
- INCREASE
YOUR CONFIDENC
- SHARPEN
YOUR SKILLS
- LEARN
LIFESAVING TIPS
Table of
Contents
Chapter
1: Fat, Dumb, and Happy.
Chapter 2: Discovering Situational Awareness.
Chapter 3: Maintaining Situational Awareness.
Chapter 4: Recognizing the Loss of Situational Awareness.
Chapter 5: Recovering Situational Awareness.
Chapter 6: The Penalty.
Chapter 7: Prepare to Be Aware.
Author
Biography
Paul A. Craig, Ed.D., longtime pilot, FAA award-winning flight
instructor, and aviation educator and author, designed and conducted
the research described in this book based on his lifelong concern
with the high accident rate among general aviation pilots, and
in the process of earning his doctorate in education, with special
empahsis on pilot decision-making and flight training.
A Gold Seal Multiengine Flight Instructor and twice FAA District
Flight Instructor of the Year, he has spoken widely to flight
instructors and others on improving flight training and safety.
He is the author of Be a Better Pilot; Stalls & Spins; Multiengine
Flying, 2nd Edition; and Light Airplane Navigation Essentials,
all from McGraw-Hills renowned Practical Flying Series.
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