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Excerpts from the NASA ASRS

January 28, 2012
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One of my students last semester (thanks, Ronney!) turned me on the “Callback” publication from the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System. These are almost all first person stories written as case studies of errors and accidents or near accidents. There aren’t so many that it falls under my list of neat databases, but it certainly is interesting reading. I’ve collected [...]

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Verdict Reached for Air France Rio Crash

July 29, 2011
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The BBC has reported the incident analysis of the Air France crash that killed 228 people was due to lack of pilot skill in dealing with a high altitude stall. Here is a link to the BEA Report from the Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses. It’s a frightening read, as they give a moment by moment analysis of the last minutes in the cockpit. No emergency [...]

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“Sully” Sullenberger to Speak at the HFES 2010 Conference

March 17, 2010
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I received word today that Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger will give the keynote address at the 2010 Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference in San Francisco this October. Not only am I excited to hear him speak, I am excited because he is the perfect choice for a Human Factors audience: he has spoken publicly on interface and instruction issues in [...]

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HFBlog at HFES 2009 in San Antonio

December 2, 2009
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We were at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual conference in San Antonio.  This post is merely here to collect our six-part posts on various talks.  These only scratch the surface of what was presented. Part 1:  The Mechanical Bull Part 2:  Eliciting knowledge structures Part 3:  Health, Internet, and ROBOTS! Part 4:  Hearing and understanding Part 5:  Rich [...]

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HFES Conference in San Antonio, Part 2 – Eliciting Knowledge Structures

October 27, 2009

I‘d like to highlight some of the talks I enjoyed last week and point our readers to their research. First up, we have: The Influence of Rating Method on Knowledge Structures. Chad C. Tossell, Rice U.; Brent A. Smith, U.S. Air Force Academy; Roger W. Schvaneveldt, Arizona State U., Polytechnic This talk was a great introduction to understanding how we [...]

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