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A Human Factors Approach To Improve The Department Of Defense's Patient Handoff Protocol, Nathan Walters, Agnes S. Fagerlund, Elizabeth H. Lazzara, Joseph Keebler, Elizabeth Blickensderfer

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

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An Evaluation On How General Aviaton Pilots Learn Basic Meteorology, Jayde M. King, Elizabeth Blickensderfer, Jessica Cruit M.D.

Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference

An Evaluation on How General Aviation Pilots Learn Basic Meteorology

Jayde M. King, Jessica Cruit, M.S., Beth Blickensderfer, PhD.

Introduction. As General Aviation (GA) accidents continue to occur each year, industry officials as well as researchers search for insights into possible causes to these accidents. Weather, in particular degraded weather poses a threat to general aviation. In fact, according to Jarboe (2005), “weather-related airplane accidents led to 240 fatalities in the United States (U.S) and Puerto Rico”(pp.3-11). Considering these facts, questions rise to the degree to which GA pilots actually understand aviation weather knowledge. Currently, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) …