Vector Online - Page 5, In category Health and human factors

Read our special 'online' Vector stories here. Some are unique to the website, and some have featured in print issues of Vector.

Note: This archive dates back to 2015. So, the advice in some of the earlier articles may have changed.

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Holding back on the herbals

If you’re thinking of trying out any herbal treatments, make sure you talk to your aviation Medical Examiner first. Those seemingly innocuous tablets may be incompatible with flight safety.

Posted in Health and human factors;

Posted 9 years ago

Beaver rush

This is my story of rush, of failing to follow procedure, of being terrorised by a senior into acting against that ‘gut feeling’, and of ignorance.

I learned about flying from that

A high-hours helicopter pilot learns that assumption is the mother of all foul-ups. Read the articleI learned about flying from that

Posted in Health and human factors, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 9 years ago

Assertiveness in the aviation workplace

Being assertive is not easy. It’s often easier to be aggressive or passive.

Posted in Health and human factors;

Posted 9 years ago

Precautionary landings

If the one thing you could do to save your life and that of your passengers was to make a precautionary landing, why wouldn’t you do it? You might be…

Posted in Aerodromes, Health and human factors, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 9 years ago

I learned about flying from that

A welter of human factors left an aircraft floundering in the shallows and its pilot facing a big repair job. He shares what happened and the decisions he made.

Posted in Health and human factors, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 9 years ago

How the AMC process works

For most pilots, a medical exam is a straightforward process.

Posted in Health and human factors;

Posted 10 years ago

Teen build pays off for everyone

Teenagers building an aircraft, under the supervision of some wise old hands, are learning far more than how to build an aircraft.

Posted in Engineering and maintenance, Health and human factors;

Posted 10 years ago

So you think you can see and avoid

For pilots operating under VFR, seeing and avoiding is the final defence against a mid-air collision.

Posted in Health and human factors;

Posted 10 years ago

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