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Recent Publications

 

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Human Performance in General Aviation
(Ashgate Publishing Ltd)

 

While most pilots and flights are in the general aviation (GA) sector, the available literature deals mainly with airline or transport aviation. Yet in general aviation the changes are just as far reaching, in flight instruction, navigation, and aircraft design and instrumentation, with consequent effects on the roles of pilots and all who enable them to fly.

This is the first edited volume on human performance in GA. Each chapter is by an invited expert on both the research literature and the operational background of GA. The authors survey the current state of knowledge in areas critical to GA, spelling out both the operational implications, and the directions needed for future research.

Topics covered include:

§         Strategies for flight instruction

§         The development of computer-based training

§         Stress and decision making

§         Skill development

§         The involvement of GA pilots in incidents and accidents

§         Human factors implications of GPS use

§         The future of aircraft design and development in GA

 

Recent books, chapters, and journal articles.

Mascarenhas, D., O'Hare, D., & Plessner, H. (2006). The psychological and performance demands of association football refereeing. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 37, 99–120.

Molesworth, B., Wiggins, M. W., & O'Hare, D. (2006). Improving pilots' risk assessment skills in low-flying operations: The role of feedback and experience. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 38, 954–960.

O'Hare, D. (2006). Cognitive functions and performance shaping factors in aviation accidents and incidents. The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 16, 145–156.

O'Hare, D., Chalmers, D., & Scuffham, P. (2006). Case-control study of risk factors for fatal and non-fatal injury in crashes of rotary-wing aircraft. Journal of Safety Research, 37, 293–298.

Wiggins, M. W., & O'Hare, D. (2006). Applications of microsimulation in cognitive skills development. In W. Karwowski (Ed.), International encyclopedia of ergonomics and human factors: Vol. 3 (2nd ed., pp. 3262-3267). Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis.

Batt, R., & O'Hare, D. (2005). Pilot behaviors in the face of adverse weather: A new look at an old problem. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 76, 552–559.

O'Hare, D., & Wiggins, M. (2004). Remembrance of cases past: Who remembers what, when confronting critical flight events? Human Factors, 46, 277–287.

Boyes, M., & O'Hare, D. (2003). Between safety and risk: A model for outdoor adventure decision making. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 3, 63–76.

O'Hare, D. (2003). Aeronautical decision making: Metaphors, models, and methods. In P. S. Tsang & M. A. Vidulich (Eds.), Principles and practice of aviation psychology (pp. 201–237). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

O'Hare, D. (2003). Artificial seasoning: Enhancing experience-based training for aviation. In G. Edkins & P. Pfister (Eds.), Innovation and consolidation in aviation: Selected contributions to the aviation psychology symposium 2000 (pp. 171–177). Aldershot, England: Ashgate. 

O'Hare, D., Chalmers, D., & Scuffham, P. (2003). Case-control study of risk factors for fatal and non-fatal injury in crashes of civil aircraft. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 74, 1061–1066.

O'Hare, D., & Walsh, K. (2003). The shape of aviation psychology II: Inspiration and continuation. The International Journal of Aviation Psychology,13, 23–32.

Wiggins, M., & O'Hare, D. (2003). Expert and novice pilot perceptions of static in-flight images of weather. The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 13, 173–187.

Wiggins, M., & O'Hare, D. (2003). Weatherwise: Evaluation of a cue-based training approach for the recognition of deteriorating weather conditions during flight. Human Factors, 45, 337–345.

Wiggins, M., O'Hare, D., & Lods, O. (2003). Validating a computer-based training tool for in-flight weather-related decision-making. In G. Edkins & P. Pfister (Eds.). Innovation and consolidation in aviation: Selected contributions to the aviation psychology symposium 2000 (pp. 197–207). Aldershot, England: Ashgate.

O'Hare, D., Chalmers, D., Arnold, N, A., & Williams, F. (2002). Mortality and morbidity in New Zealand white water rafting injuries. Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 9, 193–198.

O'Hare, D., & Owen, D. (2002). Cross-country VFR crashes: Pilot and contextual factors. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 73, 363–366.

Scuffham, P., Chalmers, D., O'Hare, D., & Wilson, E. (2002). Direct and indirect cost of general aviation crashes. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 73, 851–858.

Wiegmann, D. A., Goh, J., & O'Hare, D. (2002). The role of situation assessment and flight experience in pilots' decisions to continue visual flight rules (VFR) flight into adverse weather. Human Factors, 44, 189–197.

Wiggins, M., Stevens, C., Howard, A., Henley, I., & O'Hare, D. (2002). Expert, intermediate and novice performance during simulated pre-flight decision making. Australian Journal of Psychology, 54, 162–167.

Chalmers, D.,  O'Hare, D., & McBride, D. (2000). The incidence, nature, and severity of injuries in New Zealand civil aviation. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 71, 388–395.

O'Hare, D. (2000). The 'Wheel of Misfortune': A taxonomic approach to human factors in accident investigation and analysis in aviation and other complex systems. Ergonomics, 43, 2001-2019.

O'Hare, D., & Lawrence, B. (2000). The shape of aviation  psychology: A review of articles published in the first 5 years of The International Journal of Aviation Psychology. The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 10, 1–11.

O'Hare, D., Wiggins, M., Williams, A., & Wong, W. (2000). Cognitive task analysis for decision centred design and training. In J. Annett & N. A. Stanton (Eds.), Task analysis (pp. 170–190). London: Taylor & Francis.

O'Hare, D. (Ed.). (1999). Human performance in general aviation. Aldershot: Ashgate.

O'Hare, D. (1999). Introduction to human performance in general aviation. In D. O'Hare (Ed.), Human performance in general aviation (pp. 3–10). Aldershot: Ashgate.

O'Hare, D. (1999). Safety is more than accident prevention: Risk factors for crashes and injuries in general aviation. In D. O'Hare (Ed.), Human performance in general aviation (pp. 265–289). Aldershot: Ashgate.

O'Hare, D., & Batt, R. (1999). A pilot for all seasons: Beyond simulation. In D. O'Hare (Ed.), Human performance in general aviation (pp. 173–190). Aldershot: Ashgate.

O'Hare, D., & Chalmers, D. (1999). The incidence of incidents: A nationwide study of flight experience and exposure to accidents and incidents. The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 9, 1-18.

O'Hare, D., Wiggins, M., Williams, A., & Wong, W. (1998). Cognitive task analyses for decision centred design and training. Ergonomics, 41, 1698–1718.

O'Hare, D. (1997). Cognitive ability determinants of elite pilot performance. Human Factors, 39, 540–552.

O'Hare, D., & Smitheram, T. (1995). "Pressing on" into deteriorating conditions: An application of behavioral decision theory to pilot decision making. The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 5, 351–370.

Wiggins, M., & O'Hare, D. (1995). Expertise in aeronautical weather-related decision making: A cross sectional analysis of general aviation pilots. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 1, 305–320.

O'Hare, D., Wiggins, M., Batt, R., & Morrison, D. (1994). Cognitive failure analysis for aircraft accident investigation. Ergonomics, 37, 1855–1869.

Wiggins, M., & O'Hare, D. (1993). A skill-based approach to training aeronautical decision-making. In R. Telfer (Ed.), Aviation instruction and training (pp. 430–475). Aldershot: Ashgate.

O'Hare, D. (1992). The "artful" decision maker: A framework model for aeronautical decision making. The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 2, 175–191.