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David Beaty (1) (1919–1999)

Auteur de Naked Pilot: The Human Factor in Aircraft Accidents

Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent David Beaty, voyez la page de désambigüisation.

25 oeuvres 250 utilisateurs 7 critiques

Œuvres de David Beaty

The Four Winds (1954) 30 exemplaires
The Proving Flight (1956) 23 exemplaires
The Temple Tree (1971) 18 exemplaires
The Wind off the Sea (1962) 16 exemplaires
Cone of Silence (1959) 14 exemplaires
Call Me Captain 8 exemplaires
Complete Sky Traveller (1986) 7 exemplaires
Excellency (1978) 6 exemplaires
The Siren Song (1964) 5 exemplaires
The Ghosts of the Eighth Attack (1998) 4 exemplaires
Wings of the morning (1982) 4 exemplaires
The White Sea Bird (1979) 3 exemplaires
The Take Off (1949) 3 exemplaires
Sword of honour (2013) 2 exemplaires
Electric train (1975) 2 exemplaires
Blood Brothers (1988) 2 exemplaires
Village of stars (1972) 1 exemplaire
Eagles (1990) 1 exemplaire
Vinger over Atlanten 1 exemplaire
Milk and Honey 1 exemplaire

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England, flybasen North Luddenham, ca 1950
Indeholder "Prolog", "Bussen til Bibury", "Mellemspil", "Det camouflerede skib", "Mellemspil", "Gengældelse", "Mellemspil", "Ekko langs en øde startbane", "Epilog".
Group Captain Gavin Gallagher, har gjort karriere indenfor luftvåbnet og er blevet chef for raketbasen, hvor atombevæbnede Zeus-raketter er opstillet. En aften tager han fra basen og hjem til sin kone. De bor meget tæt på basen, men han kommer aldrig frem. Wing Commander Henderson er auditør og netop ankommet og får til opgave at finde ud af om det er en ulykke, en kidnapning eller om Gallagher er gået over til fjenden. En anden Wing Commander ved navn Bunting er ankommet på samme tid og har gået på samme college i Oxford som Gallagher. Henderson tænker at nøglen til Gallaghers forsvinden må ligge i hans fortid. Gallaghers overordnede, Air Marshal Sir John Ingleby, er chef for raketstyrkerne og er også blevet tilkaldt.

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bnielsen | Dec 27, 2023 |
This book is an interesting look into human errors in airline aviation (it does NOT look at GA). There are good things about this book, and there are some very bad things about this book.

The good things: the author has a very prescient look at important topics. The paperback copy of the book I read was published in 1995. The topics he discusses are relevant to many incidents that occurred after publication, which I'll include in parenthesis. He discusses how airline safety is not being taken seriously in light of terror attacks (9/11), how fatigue is an issue (Colgan Air Flight 3407), how aviation safety administrations are in the pocket of airlines (737-MAX8), improper maintenance (TWA Flight 800), and how the oligopoly of airlines after deregulation led to low costs but not better safety (Allegiant Airlines). Thankfully a lot of those issues have now gotten attention, but only after lives were lost. The oligopoly problem was bad in 1995 and worse now. I appreciated that the author mentions that "pilot error" is real, but that the pilot is usually only the last and most direct link in a chain of many errors that are usually not adequately addressed in safety reports.

The very bad things: extremely sexist and dated material. The author uses the male pronoun and the term Man exclusively. The author calls "stewardesses" girls on more than one occasion. Literally the entire basis of the author's discussion is how "Man's" primeval ape-brain is not suited toward flying. Evo-psych arguments do not curry any favor with me.
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lemontwist | 2 autres critiques | Jun 6, 2022 |
This book is aimed mainly for people working in airline industry or (like me) interested in how people make decisions (and errors). We get to know various reasons why so many incidents happen during last 60 years. Author points that what we at the end see often as pilot error is just iceberg tip of all small errors and mistakes made hours, days or events weeks before. While describing how complex it all can be, David Beaty also tries to analyze each step with great details. He backs up his claims by a lot of actual incidents and research from air engineering, design and psychology.


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mkowalcze | 2 autres critiques | Jan 30, 2019 |
this book is a good read for all aspiring pilots and people involved in aviation industry. it gives a good insight into various accident investigations and examples of how one person or situation screw up the flight.
suggested reads similar to this: Controlling Pilot Error series of books
 
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Sujathanath | 2 autres critiques | Apr 11, 2018 |

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Œuvres
25
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250
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#91,401
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7
ISBN
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