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Consumer perceptions about pilot training: An emotional response.
(2016-12)Civilian pilot training has followed a traditional path for several decades. With a potential pilot shortage approaching, ICAO proposed a new paradigm in pilot training methodology called the Multi-Crew Pilot License. ... -
Consumer Likelihood to Complain in the U.S. Commercial Airline Industry
(2016-12)Consumer emotions play an important role in the marketplace nowadays, which can either directly or indirectly affect the marketing outcomes. Consumer complaints are believed to occur if consumers begin to generate negative ... -
Creating a Short Scale for In-flight Experience Quality
(2016-12)Customer service and satisfaction is of great importance to aviation industry as it has an economic impact on the airlines. Customer’s in-flight experience, is tied into their satisfaction with that airline, and in turn ... -
An Examination of How Ratings of Airlines are Effected by Different Types of Information: A Mediation Analysis
(2016-12)Many dynamics directly or indirectly influence the decision-making process. An individual’s demographic features, such as gender, country of origin, and emotions are some of the dynamics. In the aviation domain, ... -
Evaluation of Low Cost Controllers for Mobile Based Virtual Reality Headsets
(2017-04)Virtual Reality (VR) is no longer just for training purposes. The consumer VR market has become a large part of the VR world and is growing at a rapid pace. In spite of this growth, there is no standard controller for ... -
A Comparison of Airline Passengers’ Perception and Attention Toward Onboard Safety Briefing Video Presentations
(2017-05)The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the type of safety demonstration on a passenger’s perception and attention. Furthermore, the study examined if there are gender differences based on participant ... -
The Effects of Laser Eye Protection on Color Recognition and Discrimination
(2017-05)The number of reported laser strikes on aircraft has increased over the years. Laser strikes pose a threat to safety and thus, warrant attention and mitigation efforts. Laser Eye Protection (LEP) is one mitigation method ... -
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 ... -
Exploring Usability in Web-Based Aviation Weather: An Assessment of the Aviation Weather Center Website
(2017-05)To provide a starting point for usability research in the area of online aviation weather, we performed a two-part usability study of the popular Aviation Weather Center website for general aviation users. The first part ... -
Examining the Safety Climate of U.S Based Aviation Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) Organizations
(2017-05)The primary purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to replicate Fogarty (2005) by determining if the current study’s data were consistent with Fogarty’s model involving the three constructs of Safety Climate, Psychological ... -
Consumers' Level of Trust in Using an Automated Train, Aircraft, or Vehicle as a Transportation Means
(2017-05)Automation is a growing technology within most industries. It is expected that automated systems may replace human functions in the near future. The purpose of this study was to determine whether factors such as: type ... -
Consumers’ Willingness to Fly in Augmented Cognition Equipped Aircraft
(2017-07)Current advancements in the field of Augmented Cognition have garnered attention from the aviation industry. Equipping flight management systems with Augmented Cognition is a possibility in the near future as the result ... -
Examination of the Impact of Condensed Biofeedback Training on Acute Stress Responses
(2017-07-13)The objective of this study was to measure the effects of a condensed 90 minute Biofeedback Training (BFT) method on stress response and decision making performance under stress. Forty one novice male participants ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Demonstration of Head Mounted Displays and its Effects on Situational Awareness
(2018-02)In this investigation, I discussed the use of Head-Mounted Displayed (HMD) Augmented Reality and its effects on a driver’s Situational Awareness (SA) while observing two driving scenarios. In this study I showed participants ... -
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 ... -
Effects of Verbal vs Graphical Weather Information on a Pilots Decision-making during Preflight
(2018-04)Before a general aviation pilot conducts a flight, they obtain a preflight weather briefing that shares information on possible hazards along the intended route of flight. These preflight weather briefings are typically ... -
Impact of Computer Tablets on General Aviation Flight Training
(2018-05)Over the past two decades, Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) and Personal Electronic Devices (PEDs) have developed from flight publication storage devices hosted on modified laptop computers into fully interactive near-av ... -
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. ...