Books in the Critical Essays on Human Factors in Aviation series

Crew Resource Management (CRM) training was first introduced in the late 1970s as a means to combating an increased number of accidents in which poor teamwork in the cockpit was a significant contributing factor. This book provides a selection of readings which depicts the past, present, and future of CRM research and training.

Situational awareness has become a salient factor contributing to flight safety and operational performance, and the research has burgeoned to cope with the human performance challenges associated with the installation of advanced avionics systems in modern aircraft. This title contributes to situational awareness research and practice.

Decision making pervades every aspect of life: people make hundreds of decisions every day. The vast majority of these are trivial and without a right or wrong answer. This volume contains key papers published over the last 25 years providing an overview of the major paradigms by which aeronautical decision making has been investigated.