Keywords
human factor
NASA-TLX
safety
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Abstract
According to statistics, humans are the main cause of aviation accidents and incidents. The theoretical part of this paper describes selected methods of testing flight crews, including objective and behavioral methods, while the practical part, based on a quantitative method, referred to the introduction of selected emergency situations during a simulated flight on the FNPT II MCC simulator in order to check the mental load of pilots and their decision-making process (analysis using the NASA-TLX questionnaire). The final part of the article presents a summary, with particular emphasis on the research results. Conducting this type of research is crucial from the perspective of aviation safety, as it allows the precision of pilots’ task performance across various situations to be determined. Although it is not possible to completely eliminate the influence of external and internal factors, knowledge of risk areas enables measures to be taken to maintain the required level of safety.
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