Controlling Pilot Error: Maintenance & Mechanics (Controlling Pilot Error Series) - Softcover

Reithmaier, Arry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071373195 ISBN 13: 9780071373197

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2001

Synopsis

With up to 80% of accidents attributed to pilot error, this new series is critically important. It identifies and examines the ten top areas of concern to pilot safety. Each book contains real-life pilot stories drawn from FAA/NASA databases, valuable "save-yourself" techniques and an action agenda of preventive techniques pilots can implement to avoid risks.

About this title

About the Author

Larry Reithmaier is a retired mechanical engineer who, while at Rockwell International, helped design and develop the F2H, F3, F86H, F100, F101, and F4 jet fighters, the B-1B bomber, and Apollo and Skylab spacecrafts. The author of several technical books on aviation, he also wrote the Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians, Sixth Edition; the Aviation and Space Dictionary; Mach I and Beyond; Private Pilot's Guide; and Aircraft Repair Manual.

From the Back Cover

MAINTENANCE And MECHANICS.

. Lifesaving nuts-and-bolts knowledge.

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*Offers case studies that illustrate mechanics survival skills for takeoff, landing, and flight problems.
*Provides workable solutions for aircraft malfunctions.
*Describes the most common deadly communications errors between pilots and mechanics.
*Increases the safety factor in your performance with procedures, paperwork, and equipment.

. FAST And FOCUSED RX FOR PILOT ERROR.

. The most effective aviation safety tools available, CONTROLLING PILOT ERROR guides offer you expert protection against the causes of up to 80% of aviation accidents--pilot mistakes. Each title provides: .

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*Related case studies.
*Valuable "save yourself" techniques and safety tips.
*Clear and concise analysis of error sets.

. BEST FOR PILOTS.

. BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE--INCREASE YOUR CONFIDENCE--SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS--LEARN LIFESAVING TIPS

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071373195
• ISBN 13: 9780071373197
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272