Book description
Investigations into the causes of aircraft accidents have for
decades focused on what happened and who did it -- very rarely Why? It
is the question Why? that David Beaty has addressed here, fighting the
misnomer of 'pilot error' and propounding that the cause should be
sought deeper inside human beings who make apparently simple human
errors. The Naked Pilot makes fascinating and compulsive reading. It
should be compulsory reading for all trainee and experienced pilots
alike, as well as air traffic controllers, corporate managers and
aircraft manufacturers. -- Business Aviation
David Beaty served with the RAF and was awarded the DFC and Bar, and
later worked as an airline pilot, historian, Foreign Office principal,
psychologist and author. In 1992 he was awarded the MBE for Services to
Aviation.
