The Airline Training Pilot / Edition 2

by Tony Smallwood

Overview

Comprehensively revised and updated, the second edition of this widely regarded text reflects the changing environment within international airline training. With particular emphasis on human factors, crew resource management (CRM), crew and organizational culture, error management and advanced qualification procedures (AQP), it also examines attempts at reducing the so-called pilot error accidents and incidents. Aimed at an international airline pilot readership, it explains in simple straightforward detail the method and means of delivering effective airline pilot training. By highlighting the techniques and challenges of preparing the next generation of skilled and safety conscious pilots it is an essential resource for, airline trainers, pilots or potential pilots, intending embarking on a professional airline career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780754614135
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/21/2000
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Captain Tony Smallwood is now an aviation training consultant. Previously he was a line and base training captain with British Midland, based at London Heathrow. He is also a UK CAA Instrument and Type Rating Examiner. He has been involved with airline training for the last twenty years, formerly with the Oxford Air Training School. He has acquired over twenty thousand flying hours, and is also a keen glider and light aircraft pilot, spending much of his time in training others.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Where are we now?; The training pilot; The basis for good instruction; Communication; Dealing with difficult trainees; The process of learning; The brain - memory; Training objectives and methods; Base training; Initial command training; Pilot selection; Training trainers;Culture and CRM; Total qualification programme; Tomorrow’s training today; Where do we go from here?; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

’...well researched and clearly presented, proving a valuable resource for an airline pilot readership involved in any area of training.’ Flyer '...the author does a good job in providing a thought-provoking conduit by giving good tips for instruction.' M2 Best Books (website)

From the Publisher

Avoidable human error accounts for the majority of aircraft accidents, according to a UK aviation training consultant and examiner. Smallwood offers a guide to gaining an edge in navigating the changing environment within international airline training, which foresees a fourth generation of subsonic transports and the possibility of aircraft programmed to fly electronically-filed "4th dimension" flight plans. He covers such future trends, human factors (including sex differences) and error management, bases for sound instruction and learning, training objectives and methods (emphasizing crew resource management), pilot and trainer selection, and total qualification programs. Includes b&w photographs and cartoon illustrations of aspects of training, and numerous related web sites. No date is given for the first edition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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