Several hundred incidents involving the illumination of aircrew members by laser light have been reported in recent years, including several that could have had serious consequences. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the performance of pilots exposed to visible laser radiation during final approach maneuvers at 100 feet above the runway in the Laser-Free Zone (LFZ). Thirty-four pilots served as test subjects for this study. Pilot performance was ...
Several hundred incidents involving the illumination of aircrew members by laser light have been reported in recent years. Consequently, FAA order 7400.2 was revised to establish new guidelines for Flight Safe Exposure Limits (FSEL) in specific zones of navigable airspace. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of test subjects exposed to laser radiation while performing approach and departure maneuvers in the Critical Flight Zone (CFZ). Pilot ...
This report provides results of a safety survey conducted among pilots associated with U.S. military (USAF) and civil flight operations. The objective of the survey was to determine the scope of a previously identified safety issue: The need to establish formal human performance criteria for the development and evaluation of instrument approach procedures and charts. A total of 1,037 (from 6,000 distributed) survey forms were completed by pilots and returned ...
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