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The Psychological Health Of Airline Pilots: A Flight Deck Crew’S Perceptions And Willingness To Fly, Jason Charles Herkimer
The Psychological Health Of Airline Pilots: A Flight Deck Crew’S Perceptions And Willingness To Fly, Jason Charles Herkimer
Theses and Dissertations
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 after in the recruitment of pilots. Eventually, pilots can and will suffer from the same psychological stressors as the general population. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect stigmatizing attitudes and psychological treatment of pilots have on a flight deck crew’s willingness to fly. The current study incorporated several different methodologies including a between subjects true experimental, an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), an …
A Prediction Model Of Airline Passenger Preference: Identifying Factors That Predict Passenger Preference Between Low Cost And Legacy Carriers., Rian Mahiar Mehta
A Prediction Model Of Airline Passenger Preference: Identifying Factors That Predict Passenger Preference Between Low Cost And Legacy Carriers., Rian Mahiar Mehta
Theses and Dissertations
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 American travelers. The study utilized a correlational design with linear multiple regression analyses as the statistical analyses to build the prediction model. The study was conducted in two stages utilizing two independent samples totaling 936 participants (379 females), all from the United States. Data from the first sample was used to create the regression equation for passenger preference. Data from the second sample was used to test …
Consumers’ Willingness To Fly In Augmented Cognition Equipped Aircraft, Eric Schanafelt
Consumers’ Willingness To Fly In Augmented Cognition Equipped Aircraft, Eric Schanafelt
Theses and Dissertations
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 of recent computing breakthroughs. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent gender, country of origin and condition of Augmented Cognition affect consumers willingness to fly. To further understand the consumer's decision-making process the participant’s willingness to fly measured through affect (emotion), represented through the six universal facial expressions, (anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sad, and surprise) (Ekman & Friesen, 1971). This study surveyed participants from …
Symbol Salience Affects Change Detection Performance In General Aviation Weather Displays, Adam A. Hruszczyk
Symbol Salience Affects Change Detection Performance In General Aviation Weather Displays, Adam A. Hruszczyk
Theses and Dissertations
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 interpreting their flight instruments. In addition to these tasks, pilots may utilize a cockpit weather presentation to monitor weather information for areas along the route of flight. Due to the complexity of most modern weather displays, information changes may go unnoticed. The objective of this study was to examine how saliency characteristics such as line color, thickness, and orientation affected an observer’s change detection performance and response time. …
Examining The Safety Climate Of U.S. Based Aviation Maintenance, Repair, And Overhaul (Mro) Organizations, Kole Osaretin Uhuegho
Examining The Safety Climate Of U.S. Based Aviation Maintenance, Repair, And Overhaul (Mro) Organizations, Kole Osaretin Uhuegho
Theses and Dissertations
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 Strain, and Errors; and (b) to examine the extent to which the sample data supported Bandura’s (1977) reciprocal causation model involving the three corresponding dimensions of Environment, Person, and Behavior. The study used an explanatory correlational design to measure the relationships between the targeted variables associated with U.S based civilian MRO workers. Safety Climate/Environment variables included recognition, safety concern, supervision, feedback, and training; Psychological Strain/Person variables included …
Exploring Usability In Web-Based Aviation Weather: An Assessment Of The Aviation Weather Center Website, Benjamin Remy
Exploring Usability In Web-Based Aviation Weather: An Assessment Of The Aviation Weather Center Website, Benjamin Remy
Theses and Dissertations
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 of the study utilized the System Usability Scale to examine different types of weather information as used by a general aviation pilot on a VFR cross-country flight and compare the usability of the information to an existing benchmark. No scores were significantly less than the benchmark, but the ordering of weather information by usability score provided valuable insight into the relationship between usability and pilot …
Consumers’ Level Of Trust In Using An Automated Train, Aircraft, Or Vehicle As A Transportation Means, Vivalda Alexandra Patin
Consumers’ Level Of Trust In Using An Automated Train, Aircraft, Or Vehicle As A Transportation Means, Vivalda Alexandra Patin
Theses and Dissertations
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 of passenger, type of transportation, and type of operating system have an effect on consumers’ level of trust when it comes to automation in terms of transportation. In order to accomplish this task, an experimental study was conducted with 735 participants who were recruited via Amazon’s ® Mechanical Turk ®. The study provided participants with a questionnaire where they were presented with different scenarios such …
A Comparison Of Airline Passengers' Perception And Attention Toward Onboard Safety Briefing Video Presentations, Yousef Aba Alkhail
A Comparison Of Airline Passengers' Perception And Attention Toward Onboard Safety Briefing Video Presentations, Yousef Aba Alkhail
Theses and Dissertations
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 gender. The design utilizes a two-study approach. Study 1 used Florida Tech College of Aeronautics students. For Study 1, the design for Florida Tech Aeronautics students was a mixed design using one within subjects variable and one between subjects variable. This study was a nonrandomized, posttest-only design. Experimental conditions were counterbalanced. The ANOVA analysis of Study 1 demonstrated that there was no significant interaction between gender …
The Effects Of Laser Eye Protection On Color Recognition And Discrimination, Sherisse Melanie Pierre
The Effects Of Laser Eye Protection On Color Recognition And Discrimination, Sherisse Melanie Pierre
Theses and Dissertations
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 available to pilots; however, LEP can affect a person’s color vision. When wearing the LEP pilots should be able to retain sufficient color recognition and discrimination abilities. This exploratory study investigates the effect of LEP on color recognition and discrimination of four colors, red, blue, green, and amber, using a sample of 90 participants. When using the LEP the majority of participants were able to …
Evaluation Of Low Cost Controllers For Mobile Based Virtual Reality Headsets, Summer Lindsey
Evaluation Of Low Cost Controllers For Mobile Based Virtual Reality Headsets, Summer Lindsey
Theses and Dissertations
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 VR. This study evaluated three different controllers: a gamepad, the Leap Motion, and a touchpad as means of interacting with a virtual environment (VE). There were 23 participants that performed a matching task while wearing a Samsung Gear VR mobile based VR headset. Measures of performance, preference, presence, and enjoyment were collected and compared across controller. Overall, it was …