Aviation research, sourced & cited.

A pilot study of respiratory muscle training to improve cough effectiveness and reduce the incidence of pneumonia in acute stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BackgroundAfter stroke, pneumonia is a relevant medical complication that can be precipitated by aspiration of saliva, liquids, or solid food.

Applying lessons from commercial aviation safety and operations to resuscitation.

This commentary provides the perspective of two physician-pilots showing how commercial aviation training, operations, and safety principles can be adapted to resuscitation team training and performance.

The U.S. Commercial Air Tour Industry: A Review of Aviation Safety Concerns

The U.S. Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations defines commercial air tours as “flight[s] conducted for compensation or hire in an airplane or helicopter where a purpose of the flight is sightseeing.” The incidence of air…

Copulas applied to Flight Data Analysis

An advanced statistical method of data analysis is described in order to be able to quantify which factors influence incidents to which extent and to calculate the incident probability.

[Feasibility and effectiveness of mindfulness training in adults with ADHD: a pilot study].

Mindfulness is a feasible treatment strategy for adults with ADHD and seems to have a positive effect on ADHD symptoms and executive control.

In‐flight sleep, pilot fatigue and Psychomotor Vigilance Task performance on ultra‐long range versus long range flights

It is suggested that additional in-flight sleep mitigated fatigue effectively on longer flights, and further research is needed to clarify the contributions to fatigue of in‐flight sleep versus time awake at top of desce…

Aircraft Engine Performance Study Using Flight Data Recorder Archives

Aircraft emissions are a significant source of pollution and are closely related to engine fuel burn. The onboard Flight Data Recorder (FDR) is an accurate source of information as it logs operational aircraft data in si…

An investigation of pilot fatigue in helicopter emergency medical services.

Some evidence of a statistically significant positive relationship between Hems pilot night shift respondent BFI scores and experience as an HEMS pilot is found, while controlling for consecutive HEMS Pilot night shifts …

The effects of emotion on pilot decision-making: a neuroergonomic approach to aviation safety

The Effectiveness of Airline Pilot Training for Abnormal Events

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of airline pilot training for abnormal in-flight events. Background: Numerous accident reports describe situations in which pilots responded to abnormal events in ways that were d…

Affective decision making under uncertainty during a plausible aviation task: An fMRI study

The authors' neuroimaging results reveal a shift from cold to hot decision making in response to high uncertainty when participants were exposed to the financial incentive, and a disruptive effect of biased financial inc…

Pilot Decision Making: Modeling Choices in Go-Around Situations

Safety Talk and Service Culture: Flight Attendant Discourse in Commercial Aviation.

Post Flight Analysis Based on QAR in FOQA Program for Jet Transport Aircraft Part I: Angular Position Monitoring of Flight Control Surface

Flight Characteristics Analysis Based on QAR Data of a Jet Transport During Landing at a High-altitude Airport

Abstract Flight data of a twin-jet transport aircraft in revenue flight are analyzed for potential safety problems. Data from the quick access recorder (QAR) are first filtered through the kinematic compatibility analysi…

Safety Risk Analysis in Flight Operations Quality Assurance

Abstract Flight data recorded by Quick Access Recorder (QAR) is gradually used to analyze pilot's operations quality, especially for the QAR exceedances.

When profit-seeking trumps safety: The risks and opportunities of liminality in commercial aviation in post-9/11 America

Anomaly detection in onboard-recorded flight data using cluster analysis

A method has been developed to support Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) by identifying anomalous flights based on onboard-recorded flight data using cluster analysis techniques.

Estimation of Aircraft Taxi-out Fuel Burn using Flight Data Recorder Archives

Estimating Current and Future Benefits of Airport Surface Congestion Management TechniquesEconomic Values for Evaluation of Federal Aviation Administration Investment and Regulatory ProgramsBurbank/Glendale/Pasadena Airp…

Analysis of in‐flight vibration of a twin‐engine turbo propeller aircraft

Analysis of Departure and Arrival Profiles Using Real-Time Aircraft Data

Reducing health care hazards: lessons from the commercial aviation safety team.

A public-private partnership is proposed in the health care community to coordinate national efforts and move patient safety and quality forward.

Aviation safety: Comparing national and regional governmental regulatory commercial oversight affiliations

Configurable flight data analysis for trends and statistics analysis of avionics systems - An embedded perspective of an efficient flight data analysis

The methodology of data processing for various fleet of aircrafts with controlled parameter limits and conditions with logical envelops bounded by derived mathematical approaches for the trends and statistics of various …

Analysis of ICAO Departure Profile Using Real-Time Cockpit Flight Data Recorder Information

Flight data recorder: monitoring persistent-state interactions to improve systems management

The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) is presented, that enables always-on tracing, storage and analysis of persistent state interactions and uses a domain-specific log format, tailored to observed file system workloads and com…

Flight Data Recorder: Always-on Tracing and Scalable Analysis of Persistent State Interactions to Improve Systems and Security Management

The Flight Data Recorder is presented, it is shown that a single centralized collection machine can potentially scale to collecting and analyzing the complete records of persistent state interactions from 4000+ machines,…

Flight Dynamic Analysis of a Turboprop Transport Airplane in Icing Accident

Correlation of ground friction measurements to aircraft braking friction calculated from flight data recorders

MINIATURE FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS

This research project aims to deliver a reference design for a light aircraft (Helicopter or Aeroplane) solid-state flight data recorder utilising new technologies and to produce new flight data analysis software tools t…

A "flight data recorder" for enabling full-system multiprocessor deterministic replay

Safety Culture in a Regional Airline: Results from a Commercial Aviation Safety Survey

Operations safety: an assessment of a commercial aviation safety program

Commercial Aviation Safety

The National Transportation Safety Board’s Airline Safety INDEX shows improvements in air traffic safety over the past decade, particularly in the areas of air traffic control and emergency preparedness and response.

The Effectiveness of Using Real-Time Eye Scanning Information for Pilot Training

Training Effectiveness of Platform Motion: Review of Motion Research Involving the Advanced Simulator for Pilot Training and the Simulator for Air-to-Air Combat