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Category: PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOUR

PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOUR

FATIGUE AND STRESS MANAGEMENT

Pilot performance anxiety and stress regulation.

Lori Thomas raises the question of the impact of pilot personality traits on individual stress recognition and self regulation. An area of current research interest in aviation human factors is the inclusion individual cognitive management techniques and mental preparation into pilot training. One example of where aviation training can look for best practice in this area is elite sports, where athletes work closely with sports psychologists to develop psychological self-regulation, stress management and performance under pressure.

Written by K-HUB
FATIGUE AND STRESS MANAGEMENT

Pilot Mental Health

William R. Hoffman, MD is a neurologist and aircrew brain health researcher with an interest in aeromedical screening and healthcare behavior. He is an affiliated assistance professor of aviation at the University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Science. He is an internationally invited speaker on pilot health behavior and leads the Aerospace Medical Association Mental Health Research Subgroup. In this video, he talks about pilot mental health (source: lovefly podcast):

Written by Daan
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES & SAfETY CULTURE

Military vs Civil: Does training background affect safety in helicopter pilots?

Until recently, there has been a lack of up-to-date empirical research exploring the impact of professional culture in aircrew. Now a recent study of helicopter pilots from the University of Aberdeen with the title “Does training background affect safety in helicopter pilots?” (Kaminska et al., 20231), suggests that we need to pay more attention to how the military-civil divide impacts CRM behaviours amongst mixed crews. What do the cultural differences embedded in the different ways these pilots have been trained mean to competency, operational effectiveness, and – ultimately – safety?

Written by K-HUB
PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOUR

The Pilot Inside

An episode of Bruce Webb’s (Airbus) Push to Talk podcast series aviation psychologist Eleonora Avi joins him to discuss how and why she got into the field. Source: Push to Talk with Bruce Webb Eleonora is an aviation psychologist based in Italy. The same year she earned her degree in psychology, her mother was rescued […]

Written by Alex P
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