Aviation Systems and Psychology

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Focuses on the individual and crew dimensions of aviation psychology and human factors. Advances in these fields offer a wide range of effective strategies that benefit careers in professional flight. While many students may be pursuing aviation careers, an aviation background is not necessary to profit from this course. Explores the individual's interrelationship with airline operations, procedure development, operational safety and mishap analysis. Explores research resources, workload management, training, resilience and efficiency. Focuses on the individual and crew factors of physiology, safety, error, situational awareness, decision making, training, risk management, distraction, automation, crew resource management, communication, professionalism and culture. Class discussions explore these concepts using real-world scenarios and events.