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

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.