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Welcome to the Dauntless Aviation Glossary!
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Human Factors
| Human Factors | | | A multidisciplinary field devoted to optimizing human performance and reducing human error. It incorporates the methods and principles of the behavioral and social sciences, engineering, and physiology. It may be described as the applied science which studies people working together in concert with machines. Human factors involve variables that influence individual performance, as well as team or crew performance. | | source: FAA Aviation Instructor's Handbook (FAA-H-8083-9A) |
| | | The study of how people interact with their environments. In the case of general aviation, it is the study of how pilot performance is influenced by such issues as the design of cockpits, the function of the organs of the body, the effects of emotions, and the interaction and communication with the other participants of the aviation community, such as other crewmembers and air traffic control personnel. | | source: FAA Glider Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-13A) |
| | | The study of how people interact with their environment. In the case of general aviation, it is the study of how pilot performance is influenced by such issues as the design of cockpits, the function of the organs of the body, the effects of emotions, and the interaction and communication with other participants in the aviation community, such as other crew members and air traffic control personnel. | | source: FAA Helicopter Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-21A) |
| | | A multidisciplinary field encompassing the behavioral and social sciences, engineering, and physiology, to consider the variables that influence individual and crew performance for the purpose of optimizing human performance and reducing errors. | | source: FAA Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25A) |
| | | A multidisciplinary field encompassing the behavioral and social sciences, engineering, and physiology, to consider the variables that influence individual and crew performance for the purpose of optimizing human performance and reducing errors. | | source: FAA Risk Management Handbook (FAA-H-8083-2) |
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Disclaimer: While this glossary in most cases is likely to be highly accurate and useful, sometimes, for any number of editorial, transcription, technical, and other reasons, it might not be.
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