Human Factors and Resource Management

Catalog description

This course provides an introduction to the field of human factors, which focuses on the interaction between humans and machines in the complex aviation environment. Human physiology and human performance within the flight environment are examined in depth. Students apply human factors concepts to single pilot resource management (SRM) and crew resource management (CRM) within the framework of threat and error management (tem). Professionalism in aviation is a major focus of the course.