Professional Issues: Testifying at NTSB Public Hearings

AT A GLANCE: We were asked to testify at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) public hearings on two recent high-profile airline accidents: Colgan Air flight 3407 and US Airways flight 1549. We were able to draw on a broad range of human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) studies to explain the ch...

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Published inErgonomics in design Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 28 - 30
Main Authors Dismukes, R. Key, Burian, Barbara K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2010
Subjects
accident investigation
aviation safety
testimony
human factors
pilot performance
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Summary:AT A GLANCE: We were asked to testify at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) public hearings on two recent high-profile airline accidents: Colgan Air flight 3407 and US Airways flight 1549. We were able to draw on a broad range of human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) studies to explain the challenges pilots face in accident scenarios and the reasons for vulnerability to error. In this article, we discuss the format for NTSB public hearings and how we approached the presentation of our HF/E findings.
ISSN:1064-8046
2169-5083
DOI:10.1518/106480410X12737888532886