Usability is a multidimensional concept, and although a number of techniques have been developed for assessing usability, none have been developed specifically for the civil flight deck or its components. The requirement ...

Anecdotal and subjective evidence suggests that the manual flying ability of pilots operating highly automated aircraft is declining owing to a lack of opportunity to exercise such skills in the modern air transport ...

This thesis presents a study of the effects of surface colour, surface finish and dent shape on the visual inspection reliability of 3D surface indentations common in shape to those produced by impact damage to carbon ...