Flight Discipline is the complete tool kit for any aviator, whether
military, commercial, or recreational, to develop the crack discipline needed to
be a safe and effective aviator. Major Tony Kern analyses the causes of poor
flight discipline, gives chilling case studies of the consequences, and lays out
a plan for individual improvement. Key words are italicized and review questions
included for each chapter. An unequalled guide to this mainspring of good
piloting.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: The Problem of Poor Discipline
- Discipline: The foundation of airmanship
- The costs of poor discipline
- The letter of the law: Regulatory Discipline
- The problem with shortcuts: Procedural discipline
- Organizational issues for flight discipline
- Part II: The Anatomy of Flight Discipline
- Personality factors and flight discipline
- Hazardous attitudes
- Peer pressure
- Part III: Practical Issues for Flight Discipline
- Guiding lights: The critical role of instructors and mentoring to flight discipline
- Communications discipline
- Automation discipline
- Disciplined attention: The next best thing to a crystal ball
- Killing Conditions: Common scenarios for breakdowns of flight discipline
- Flight Planning: Discipline at ground speed zero
- Chaos theory?: Structuring change in the cockpit
- Flight discipline in action
- Flight Insurance: A personal program for improving flight discipline
- Automation-related aircraft accidents and incidents
- Controlled flight into terrain
About the Author:
Dr. Tony Kern is the CEO of Convergent Performance; a small,
veteran owned "think tank" formed in 2004 and dedicated to reducing human error
and improving performance in high risk environments such as aviation, military,
healthcare and fire fighting. Tony is one of the world's leading authorities on
human performance, has lectured on the subjects of applied human factors and
performance improvement for nearly two decades, and is the author of seven books
on the subject. His books include Flight Discipline, Darker Shades
of Blue, and Blue Threat: Why to Err is Inhuman. In
his newest book, Going Pro: The Deliberate Practice of
Professionalism, Tony has created a 21st century guide to "extreme
professionalism" for individuals and organizations to reach "Level III"
professionalism in any environment. Tony is also a contributing editor for Vertical, Vertical
911 and Canadian Skies magazines.
Dr. Kern has deep operational roots as a Command Pilot and Flight Examiner in
the B-1B bomber, as well as senior staff and leadership experience, including
service as the Chair of the Air Force Human Factors Steering Group. Upon
retirement from the Air Force in June of 2000, Dr. Kern served as the National
Aviation Director for the U.S. Forest Service, where he directed the largest
non-military government aviation program in the world in support of federal
wildland fire suppression. He is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute
and Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program.
Dr. Kern has received multiple awards for his work and holds Masters Degrees
in Public Administration and Military History, as well as a Doctorate in Higher
Education specializing in human factors training design. He enjoys hunting,
fishing and flying, currently lives and works in Colorado, and has made it his
personal mission to
Hardcover, 352 pages.
