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  • Fire Evacuation and Exit Design in Heritage Cultural Centres

    by John Gales, René Champagne, Georgette Harun, Hannah Carton, Michael Kinsey ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book highlights human behaviour and architectural considerations for prescriptive code requirements for emergency exits in heritage cultural centers. Closed circuit television camera (CCTV) footage from a Canadian heritage cultural centre was analyzed from three separate unannounced evacuations, where recommendations based on the first two evacuations were implemented for the third. This ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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  • Human Factors in Aviation

    Edited by Eduardo Salas, Dan Maurino ...
    Fully updated and expanded, the second edition of Human Factors in Aviation serves the needs of the widespread aviation community - students, engineers, scientists, pilots, managers and government personnel. Offering a comprehensive overview the volume covers topics such as pilot performance, human factors in aircraft design, vehicles and systems and NextGen issues. The need for an up-to-date, ... Read more

    $96.29 USD

  • easyJet Pilots Interview Guide

    by Captain P. Smith ...
    'easyJet Pilots Interview Guide'......is a new, up-to-date and unique guide offering a comprehensive look at the selection and interview process with Europe's fastest expanding airline and details essential information and technical questions you are very likely to be asked that cannot be easily found elsewhere.Written to prepare the professional pilot for the selection, interview and simulator ... Read more

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  • Introduction to Human Factors

    Applying Psychology to Design, Second Edition

    by Nancy J. Stone, Alex Chaparro, Joseph R. Keebler, Barbara S. Chaparro, Daniel S. McConnell ...
    This textbook comprehensively introduces readers to the cutting-edge field of human factors psychology, offering real-world examples illustrating how experimental findings can be used to improve the design of tools and environments that we use every day. The revised second edition provides updated text, examples, pedagogical boxes, and references.Features:Showcases pedagogical boxes that end with ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • The Blame Machine: Why Human Error Causes Accidents

    by Robert Whittingham ...
    The Blame Machine describes how disasters and serious accidents result from recurring, but potentially avoidable, human errors. It shows how such errors are preventable because they result from defective systems within a company. From real incidents, you will be able to identify common causes of human error and typical system deficiencies that have led to these errors. On a larger scale, you will ... Read more

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  • Competency-Based Education in Aviation

    Exploring Alternate Training Pathways

    by Suzanne K. Kearns, Timothy J. Mavin, Steven Hodge ...
    Whether a trainee is studying air traffic control, piloting, maintenance engineering, or cabin crew, they must complete a set number of training 'hours' before being licensed or certified. The aviation industry is moving away from an hours-based to a competency-based training system. Within this approach, training is complete when a learner can demonstrate competent performance. Training based on ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Sensemaking in Safety Critical and Complex Situations

    Human Factors and Design

    Edited by Stig Ole Johnsen, Thomas Porathe ...
    Sensemaking in Safety Critical and Complex Situations: Human Factors and DesignHuman factors-based design that supports the strengths and weaknesses of humans are often missed during the concept and design of complex technical systems. With the focus on digitalization and automation, the human actor is often left out of the loop but needs to step in during safety-critical situations. This book ... Read more

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  • Essentials of Building Life and Fire Safety

    by Virendra K. Paul, Chaitali Basu, Abhijit Rastogi, Kuldeep Kumar ...
    The book aims to impart technical understanding on life and fire safety to aid planning and design of building projects. It emphasized upon the importance of integrating fire safety considerations together with the functional planning and design configuration during project development phase. It imparts theoretical insight that enables building professionals to ensure the compliance of necessary ... Read more

    $39.90 USD

  • Human Factors in Flight

    by Frank H. Hawkins ...
    The late Captain Frank H Hawkins FRAes, M Phil, was Human Factors Consultant to KLM, for whom he had flown for over 30 years as line captain and R & D pilot, designing the flight decks for all KLM aircraft from the Viscount to the Boeing 747. In this period he developed and applied his specialization in Human Factors. His perception of lack of knowledge of Human Factors and its disastrous ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Air Crash Investigations - Suicide! - The Crash of Germanwings Flight 9525

    by Dirk Barreveld ...
    On Tuesday 24 March 2015, the Airbus A320-211 registered D-AIPX operated by Germanwings took off from Barcelona, Spain, at 09:00 with destination Düsseldorf, Germany. At 09:41, the aircraft crashed into the mountains northeast of Marseille. The investigation into the causes of the crash revealed that the co-pilot, at a moment when he was alone in the cockpit, had deliberately flown the plane into ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Human Performance on the Flight Deck

    by Don Harris ...
    Taking an integrated, systems approach to dealing exclusively with the human performance issues encountered on the flight deck of the modern airliner, this book describes the inter-relationships between the various application areas of human factors, recognising that the human contribution to the operation of an airliner does not fall into neat pigeonholes. The relationship between areas such as ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Aviation Psychology: Practice and Research

    Edited by Klaus-Martin Goeters ...
    In the well-established aviation system, the importance of sound human factors practice, based on good aviation psychology research, is obvious from those incidents and accidents resulting from its neglect. This carefully structured book presents an up-to-date review of the main areas in the field of Aviation Psychology. It contains current thinking mainly from Europe, but with input from ... Read more

    $225.00 USD