| CODE | AET2004 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Human Performance Limitations | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Aerospace Technologies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit covers the theoretical knowledge related to Human Performance and Limitations, as required for Commercial Pilot and Air Transport Pilot Licenses (approved by EASA or similar): Human factors: - Human factors in aviation; - Accident statistics; - Flight safety concepts; - Safety culture. Aviation physiology: - Basics - the atmosphere; respiratory and circulatory system; high-altitude environment; - The sensory system - central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems; vision; hearing; equilibrium; integration of sensory inputs; - Health and hygiene - personal hygiene; body rhythm and sleep; problem areas for pilots; intoxication; incapacitation in flight. Aviation psychology: - Human information processing - attention and vigilance; perception; memory; learning principles and techniques; motivation; - Human error and reliability - reliability of human behaviour; mental models and situation awareness; theory and model of human error; error generation; - Decision-making - concepts; - Avoiding and managing errors - safety awareness; multi-crew coordination; cooperation and communication; - Human behaviour - personality, attitude and behaviour; individual differences in personality and motivation; identification of hazardous attitudes (error proneness); - Human overload and underload - arousal; stress; fatigue and stress management; - Advanced cockpit automation - advantages and disadvantages; automation complacency; working concepts. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to cover human performance limitations topics, normally studied for commercial and air transport pilot licensing. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe the principles of Threat and Error Management (TEM); - Name the components which form safety culture; - Describe the main components and functions of the respiratory and circulatory system; - Describe the composition of the atmosphere and its effects on the human body; - State the purpose and function of each sense of the human body; - Explain the impact of hygiene, sleep, diet, intoxication and various ailments on human performance; - Describe how human beings process information and make decisions; - Describe differences in human behaviour; - Explain the impact of workload and cockpit automation on human performance. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply the principles of threat and error management in flight operations; - Implement a safety culture in flight; - Keep away from situations that can adversely affect human performance in flight. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main texts: - EASA ATPL Training - Human Performance, Jeppesen, ISBN: 978-0-88487-604-5. - CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Volume 8 - Human Performance & Limitations, CAE Oxford Aviation Academy. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Online Learning | |||||||||
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