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Obtaining Objective Measurements of Reaction Times to Auditory Alarms
(2000-05)Several pulse parameters that were believed to affect response time to auditory alarms were investigated in a factorial experiment. 18 subjects, (14 male, 4 female), participated in an experiment where the effects of ... -
Pilots' Likelihood to Quit Flying in Part 121 Commercial Aviation
(2018-04)The purpose of the study was to develop a statistical model representing predictors to anticipate pilots’ likelihood to quit flying in Part 121 Commercial Aviation. The study was primarily focused on the current Part 121 ... -
Positive Experiences as Countermeasures to Stress in Spaceflight: An Investigation of the Experiences of Astronauts
(2018-05)Long-duration space mission targets such as asteroids, the Moon and Mars in coming years will increase the need to stress management techniques to support crews on increasingly risky, autonomous missions. New stress ... -
A Prediction Model of Airline Passenger Preference: Identifying factors that predict passenger preference between low cost and legacy carriers.
(2017-09)The purpose of the study was to identify factors that influence a commercial airline passenger’s preference between low-cost and legacy airline carriers. In turn a prediction model of passenger preference was created for ... -
Previous mental illness diagnoses predict perceptions of current mental illness: a cultural and gender differences analysis of the United States and India
(2015-04-30)The disparities in mental health care around the world have led to differences in the way mental illness is treated, diagnosed, and stigmatized. The studies conducted revealed in this article investigated differences between ... -
A Probabilistic Fog Stability Index for Predicting the Occurrence of Radiation Fog at U.S. Airports
(2022-05-19)Fog is a phenomenon that is widely known to affect the aviation industry adversely, as evidenced by economic losses due to the hindrance of fog on airport operations. This is because fog has been a consistent cause for ... -
Probability distributions and threshold selection for monte carlo-type tropical cyclone wind speed forecasts
(2014-04-30)Probabilistic wind speed forecasts for tropical cyclones from Monte Carlo-type simulations are assessed within a theoretical framework for a simple unbiased Gaussian system that is based on feature size and location error ... -
The Psychological Health of Airline Pilots: A Flight Deck Crew’s Perceptions and Willingness to Fly
(2017-12)Pilots have an image of bravado and charisma which includes that of a hardened, unemotional professional. What happens when the inevitable hardship occurs to a pilot? In the past, physical attributes were highly sought ... -
Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Drivers Attitudes towards General Usability of Smart Technology Specific to the Secondary Task of Texting While Operating a Vehicle
(2014-05)The purpose of this study was to assess the qualitative and quantitative analyses of driver’s attitudes towards general usability of smart technology specific to the secondary task of texting while operating a vehicle for ... -
Ras Labs.-CASIS-ISS NL experiment for synthetic muscle: Resistance to ionizing radiation
(2016-03-21)In anticipation of deep space travel, new materials are being explored to assist and relieve humans in dangerous environments, such as high radiation, extreme temperature, and extreme pressure. Ras Labs Synthetic Muscle - ... -
Review of Aviation Research: A Content Analysis of Articles Published in the Collegiate Aviation Review, 2007–2012
(2015-12)The purpose of the study was to conduct a content analysis of the methodological quality of articles published in the Collegiate Aviation Review (CAR)— a refereed journal of the University Aviation Alliance (UAA)—to determine ... -
Runway Incursions: Examining Airport Managers' Perspectives of the Challenges Related to Vehicle/Pedestrian Deviations
(2019-12)The purpose of the current study was twofold: (a) to describe the contributing factors of vehicle and pedestrian deviation (V/PD) runway incursions (RIs) nationally, and (b) to describe what mitigation approaches/strategies ... -
Set Your Sights High: The Effect of Heads-Up Displays on Situation Awareness and Performance for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(2020-05)The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of two interface designs—traditional and heads-up displays (HUDs)—on situation awareness (SA), performance, and workload for sUAS operations. The study utilized ... -
Simulation for Evaluating the Usability of Integrated Flight Decks
(2005-12)There is a modern revolution of pilot interface designs as technological advancements force industrial progress in general aviation (GA). Recent accident statistics and safety reports indicate that computerized flight ... -
Socio-Economic Variables and their Relationships with the Passenger to Population Ratio
(2021-12)As the aviation industry expands and becomes commonplace in the modern world, it would behoove us to understand how the industry develops and passenger to population ratio could be a measure of that development. If called ... -
Survival in the U.S. Domestic Airline Market: Strategies for Entry, Exit, and Air Fare Competition
(2018-05)The purpose of this study was to identify factors that distinguished between airlines entering new routes or exiting existing routes between 2011–2015, and determine factors related to air fare levels between 2005–2015. ... -
Symbol Salience Affects Change Detection Performance in General Aviation Weather Displays
(2017-05)General aviation pilots perform many tasks during a flight such as navigating a route, performing 'see and avoid', operating the radio and navigational instruments, viewing charts and approach plates, and scanning and ... -
System Wide Trust Contagion Effect
(2015-05)Trust is integral in any service industry, especially in the consumer-oriented field of aviation. The first step of this research is the reorganization of the importance of trust. To understand its importance on the ... -
The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index: Examining the Reciprocal Relationship among the TTCI Factors Relative to Porter’s (1998) Diamond Model and Airline Passenger Seat Capacity for the Countries of the World
(2019-12)The current study tested the application of Porter’s (1998) diamond model of international competitiveness to the travel and tourism (T&T) industry by examining the relationship among the 14 factors of the travel and ... -
Trust in Automation: A Study of Helicopter Pilot Perception on Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS)
(2016-09)Trust in automation is a growing field of research that serves a vital role in understanding how humans interact with modern technology. Though automation is certainly becoming more prevalent in many professions, it has ...