ATPL Human Factors study plan

Map the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve and explain how altitude, CO and smoking shift it, writing the mechanism from memory

Distinguish hypoxia types (hypoxic, hypaemic, stagnant, histotoxic) with one aviation scenario each

Explain the physiology of decompression sickness and the countermeasures used in unpressurised flight

Describe the sensory systems involved in spatial orientation and name the three main vestibular illusions with the flight conditions that provoke them

Explain how the eye adapts to darkness and list the practical rules for preserving night vision

Compare rods and cones on distribution, sensitivity and colour discrimination, and relate this to scanning technique

Describe the effects of noise, vibration and temperature on performance and name the applicable limits

Explain the physiology of +Gz tolerance, the anti-G straining manoeuvre and the role of the baroreflex

Trace the human information-processing chain from stimulus to response and locate where each error type enters

Distinguish sensation from perception and give two aviation examples of perceptual distortion

Explain attention as a limited resource, including selective, divided and sustained attention with cockpit examples

Describe the working-memory model and its capacity limits, and derive three cockpit design or procedure implications

Explain how expectation, motivation and habit influence interpretation of instrument information

Explain the decision-making models used in aviation and apply one to a worked go/no-go example

Describe how stress and arousal affect judgement using an inverted-U relationship

Explain the role of schemata and mental models in rapid situation assessment

Distinguish slips, lapses, mistakes and violations with one aviation example each