Human Factors for pilots and aviation specialists.
Flight safety through modern approaches to human behavior — a forward-looking handbook that connects current research with the daily reality of the flight deck.
Built for the realities
of modern aviation.
Three things make this book different from the human factors literature pilots already know.
Challenges outdated thinking
Introduces new, forward-looking solutions that reflect the complexity of today's operations rather than the assumptions of yesterday's training manuals.
Research meets the flight deck
Connects cutting-edge research and findings with the practical realities crews face every day — case studies, psychological insight, operational relevance.
Strategies you can use
Offers real, usable strategies to improve performance, resilience, and safety — designed to be applied immediately, not filed away.
For pilots, instructors, safety teams, airlines — but also cabin crew, controllers, maintenance, and anyone ready to rethink what human factors truly mean for the future of flying.
Available now in hardcover and e-book.
Human Factors for Pilots and Aviation Specialists: Flight Safety Through Modern Approaches to Human Behavior will appeal to experienced aviation professionals, human factors specialists, students of aerospace and aeronautical engineering, and researchers studying the human aspects of flight.
Eleven chapters —
from culture to AI.
Each chapter brings the human factors conversation into the operational present, with implications for training, selection, and safety leadership.
The human in the system
From blame to complexity.
Safety culture
Beyond compliance — a safety mindset.
Mental health and well-being in aviation
A hidden risk, a shared responsibility.
Stress and resilience
Coping above the clouds.
Attention, fatigue, and sleep
Balancing act in the sky.
Decision-making and problem-solving
Navigating complexity.
Workload and situational awareness
Conscious skies.
Leadership and teamwork
Harmony in the cockpit.
Application of procedures
Standard operating wisdom.
Manual control, automation, and technology
Hands-on or hands-off?
Future ready
AI and immersive technologies in aviation human factors.
Aleksandra Kapela
Independent aviation psychologist with over a decade of experience in pilot assessment, human factors, and psychological well-being — supporting individuals and organisations across the global aviation industry.
Has worked with flight schools, private operators, and airlines across Europe and internationally. Lecturer and speaker at international aviation conferences. Advocate for integrating psychology into flight operations, training, and leadership.
This book draws on that decade of fieldwork, training-room observation, and contact with operators wrestling with the human side of safety.
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