Master Airline Pilot
Master Airline Pilot offers a process for improving pilot skills in risk management, situational awareness building, decision making, communications, and crew management. It links aviation human factors with practical airline operations to promote the development of master-level aviation skills across the full range of pilot experience.
The book is intended for airline pilots, training captains, simulator instructors, and aviation students taking courses in flight safety and crew resource management to improve skills, proficiency, and expertise.
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About the author
Steve Swauger is an Aviation Human Factors Consultant with Human Factors Excellence in Aviation, LLC.
He holds a BA in Human Factors from the USAF Academy and a MA in National Security Studies from CSU San Bernardino. Over his 40-year pilot career, he flew over 18,000 hours in military and air carrier aircraft.
His airline career spanned over 26 years, where he served over 20 years as a Captain on a variety of Boeing 737 aircraft. While flying for the airline, he served for 23 years in a variety of pilots’ union safety committee roles including Safety Committee chair, Human Factors sub-committee lead, GO-Team accident investigator, Professionalism Council lead, and safety investigator.
During his tenure, he authored over 200 articles under his column, “The Human Factor”, which were published in union member publications. He has presented and led workshops at the International Symposium of Aviation Psychology and at the PACDEFF Human Factors/CRM Conference.
He is an original member of the Human Factors Roundtable (a group of Human Factors and Safety department professionals from U.S. Major Airlines and industry). He served on the Active Pilot Monitoring Working Group, which published “A Practical Guide for Improving Flight Path Monitoring” through the Flight Safety Foundation.
Additionally, he has served on several work groups tasked with researching and redesigning airline flight deck procedures and operating manuals. He is currently an instructor with the Aviation Management Technology department at Arizona State University.
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