DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i03.004

Pages: 514-516

Aviation Psychology is an emerging field under the domain of psychology. Although history shows its need after World War II it only focused in the recruitment of military aviators. Later reports suggested that about 70% of the airline mishaps occurred not because of any technical failure but due to human error. Thus the need to study the behaviour of aviation employees namely pilots, flight attendants, air traffic controllers, ground employees, maintenance personnel etc. and increase performance and safety among them was realised and aviation psychology gained its momentum. Aviation psychology is multidisciplinary in nature. Industrial psychology, Clinical psychology, Cognitive ergonomics, Engineering, Neuropsychology contribute to the study of aviation psychology. This paper presents an introduction to this emerging field and describes its history, scope and current status.