Can You Understand and Predict How People Perform in an Aviation Environment?

Abstract

Even if you can answer the title question with “yes,” this 2nd, new edition of the book Aviation Psychology and Human Factors is an enjoyable lecture and brings a refreshing perspective of new research finding and trends. The book covers classical and new topics necessary for understanding and predicting the human behavior in the cockpit and other aviation environments. I use this book and I used the first edition too, as a major reference for academic teaching at Graz University of Technology in the advanced master program on “Aviation Safety – Traffic Accident Research” and for teaching courses in the Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) and Type Rating Instructor (TRI) programs for the aviation industry. The authors Monica Martinussen and David Hunter have an extensive experience in academic and applied fields and thus, the book is equally useful to a wide range of aviation and non-aviation professionals from the academia, research, and operations (e.g., pilots, instructors, managers). The new outside activities and additional references make the book even more useful for teaching and the reading is more interactive, enjoyable and informative. The book communicates what the evidence shows in different areas and has a chapter on research methods. Information that is subject to multiple books and studies is provided in a concise and easy to read manner.