Pedagogical conditions of communicative competence of civil aviation pilots

Development of Communicative Competence 1 Running head: DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE Development of Communicative Competence Through Private and Inner Speech

Self-rated health and respiratory symptoms among civil aviation pilots Occupational and non-occupational risk factors

Fu, X. 2017. Self-rated health and respiratory symptoms among civil aviation pilots. Occupational and non-occupational risk factors. 79 pp. : Uppsala University. There is concern about the indoor environment in aircraft but few stud-ies exist on self-rated health (SRH) and respiratory symptoms among pilots. Occupational and non-occupational risk factors for SRH, respira-tory symptoms and other ...

Tricyclic Antidepressants Found in Pilots Fatally Injured in Civil Aviation Accidents.

Prevalence of tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) has not been explored in pilots. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) aviation accident and the Federal Aviation Administration's Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) toxicology and medical certification databases were searched for pilots fatally injured in aviation accidents. During 1990-2012, CAMI received bio-samples of pilots fro...

Risk Perception Among General Aviation Pilots

Two measures of pilot risk perception are described. One measure assessed pilots’ perception of the level of risk experienced by other, fictional, pilots, and the second measure assessed the pilots’ perceptions of the level of risk they would experience if they were personally involved in a set of scenarios. Analyses are reported for factor scores derived from the 2 measures. Analysis of varian...

General Aviation Pilots Over 70 Years Old.

BACKGROUND Currently it is not unusual for general aviation pilots in the United States to continue to fly beyond the age of 70, even into their 80s and 90s. Pilots have regular examinations according to protocols which do not specify special or additional requirements for pilots over 70 yr of age. Additionally, the third class medical reforms passed by the U.S. Senate on 15 July 2016 could pot...