1. Airplane and Pilot Performance
Chapter 12
The Human in the Cockpit

2. Figure 12-1. The pilot is human.

3. Figure 12-2. Circulatory system.

4. Figure 12-3. Standard atmosphere.

5. Table 12-1. Time of useful consciousness (effective performance time).

6. Figure 12-4. Sinus cavities in the skull.

7. Figure 12-5. Do not fly within 24 hours of scuba diving.

8. Table 12-2. Summary of symptoms.

9. Figure 12-6. Structure of the eye.

10. Figure 12-7. Binocular vision.

11. Figure Blind spot.

12. Figure 12-9. Example of blind spot.

13. Figure 12-10. An eye chart seen with 20/20 vision and 20/30 vision.

14. Figure 12-11. Methodical scan.

15. Figure 12-12. Constant relative position = collision course.

16. Figure Specks?

17. Figure 12-14. Position lights.

18. Figure Aim point.

19. Figure False horizon.

20. Figure False level.

21. Figure 12-18. Downwind spacing in the traffic pattern.
Normal spacing—left downwind
Normal spacing—right downwind
Apparently lower—wing tip on runway
Figure Downwind spacing in the traffic pattern.

22. Figure Runway slope.

23. Figure 12-20. Upsloping runway.

24. Figure 12-21. Downsloping runway.

25. Figure Runway width.

26. Figure 12-23. Night runway aspect.

27. Figure 12-24. Black-hole approach.

28. Figure 12-25. Black hole with high-contrast illumination.

29. Figure 12-26. Reduced visibility.

30. Table 12-3. Visual illusion on approach.

31. Figure 12-27. Ears aren’t only for hearing.

32. Figure 12-28. Structure of the ear.

33. Table 12-4. Noise levels of typical sounds.

34. Table 12-5. Indicative cockpit noise levels (decibels).

35. Figure 12-29. Sensing vertical.

36. Figure 12-30. Pendulous effect.

37. Figure 12-31. Apparent vertical — straight and turning flight.

38. Figure 12-32. Semicircular canals.

39. Figure Cupula.

40. Figure 12-34. Linear acceleration.

41. Figure 12-35. Angular acceleration — rotation.

42. Figure 12-36. Sensed vertical.

43. Figure 12-37. Rearward tilt or acceleration?

44. Figure 12-38. Forward tilt or deceleration?

45. Figure 12-39. Physical response to load factor.

46. Figure 12-40. Single-channel processing.

47. Figure 12-41. The pilot’s central role in the control loop.

48. Figure 12-42. The primary pilot-airplane interface.

49. Figure 12-43. Reserve capability.

50. Figure 12-44. Make conscious decisions.

51. Figure 12-45. Limited cone of vision.

52. Figure 12-46. Rising terrain — false horizontal.

53. Figure 12-47. In-flight decisions must be decisive.

54. Figure Go or no go.