Pilots, Personality, and Performance: Human Behavior and Stress in the Skies

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This collection of essays examines the stress factors affecting airline professionals, and the human factors that are becoming increasingly recognized as major causes of airplane mishaps. Among the topics discussed are physiological stresses of flight, deregulation in the USA and Canada and its effects on pilots, mandatory retirement, age discrimination, legal and psychological issues concerning impaired pilots, and factors in qualifying for medical certificates. The contributors provide a representative overview of an industry that has gone from complete regulation to being a competitive environment.

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SHEILA R. DEITZ is a psychologist with a long-term interest in aviation. She currently practices clinical and forensic psychology in Denver, where she is a professor at the School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver. WILLIAM E. THOMS is a transportation lawyer who holds the rank of Professor of Law at the University of North Dakota. Currently he is a visiting professor at the University of Denver College of Law. He has co-authored two previous books for Quorum: Law and Economic Regulation in Transportation and Airline Labor Law.