Controlling Pilot Error [Approach & Landing]

Controlling Pilot Error [Approach & Landing]

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 : Understand and master a critical stage of flight: Procedural perfection?learn the right way to set up approach and landing. What you must know about stabilized approach?what it is, when a pilot has and has not achieved it. Learn recognition keys to avert, correct, or survive AL disasters. How time management and decision making can make all the difference. ATC/pilot communication in the AL phase?why it is essential. Perform life-saving self-assessment of AL skills and preparedness.

ALL essential techniques and skills explained in detail 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 CONFIDENCE SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS LEARN LIFESAVING TIPS

Table of Contents:

Series Introduction Foreword Acknowledgments

• Chapter 1: The Approach and Landing Challenge
• Chapter 2: Approach Plans: Got One?
• Chapter 3: Stability is the Key
• Chapter 4: Communication Keys to a Successful Approach
• Chapter 5: Performance Considerations
• Chapter 6: The Big and Small of It: Operations at Large Airports and Nontowered Fields
• Chapter 7: Midair Collision Avoidance
• Chapter 8: Missed Approach: Routine Action or Your Last Chance
• Chapter 9: Wake Turbulance and Windshear
• Chapter 10: Sensory Problems and Landing Illusions Afterword: Why Be Average?

Index

Author Biography Tony Kern is Editor of the Controlling Pilot Error Series. He is the Director of Aviation Safety for the U.S. Forest Service and the author of three bestselling McGraw-Hill aviation human factors titles: Redefining Airmanship, Flight Discipline, and Rogue Pilot