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Welcome to the Aviation Human Factors web site.

This site offers information, exercises, and tools to help pilots evaluate and improve their Aeronautical Decision Making. Primarily, this is aimed at general aviation pilots. However, some material specifically developed for military pilots is now available.

New Additions

Aviation Risk Perception. The ability to accurately estimate the amount of risk in a situation is a vital skill for pilots. It lets you assign resources to mitigate high-risk situations, while not wasting efforts on low-risk conditions. Click on this link and try two exercises to evaluate your risk assessment skills.

Hazard Perception Test. Are you a flight instructor or a high-time (more than 1,000 hours) general aviation pilot? If so, we could use your help in evaluating a new assessment tool designed to measure the perception of hazards. Click on the link and complete the test and your responses will become the scoring key for other pilots.

On Landings. Almost anyone can get a light airplane into the air. However, getting it back onto the runway without bending the metal takes a bit of skill and knowledge. Check out the FAA's comprehensive set of programs on landing.

Risk Management and Good Decision Making. The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, in cooperation with the Aviation Industry Association, produced two training programs dealing with risk management and aeronautical decision making. Both these programs give good introductions to these topics and offer some worthwhile suggestions for improving your risk managment and decision making.

Density Altitude and the Deadly Sins. This presentation by an NTSB investigator highlights what you don't know about operations under high density altitude that will kill you.

Would you like a comprehensive introduction to Aviation Psychology and Human Factors written specifically for pilots and other non-psychologist? If so, then click on this link to see more information and the table of contents of the book that Dr. Monica Martinussen and I recently published. >> New Book

Evaluation	Training	Instructors
Complete exercises to evaluate your attitudes, knowledge, and decision-making skills.	Take a short training course to improve your Aeronautical Decision Making, or refresh your knowledge on pilot techniques.	Download materials to help you teach and evaluate Aeronautical Decision Making.
Military	Library	Research
Complete attitude and other scales developed specifically for military aviators.	Review and download technical reports, documents, and Power Point presentations related to the site content.	If you are a pilot, take part in a research study.
Links	About	Problems & Comments
Access links to other internet sites with similar or complementary content.	Find out who created and maintains this site, and how to contact them.	Let us know about a problem with the site, or send in a comment.
Researchers	Privacy	Legal Stuff
If you are a researcher, you can download the psychological scales used in this site.	Read our promise about keeping your information private.	Read all the fine print from the lawyers.