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Faulty pilot judgment has been identified as a contributing cause in a majority of aircraft accidents attributed to pilot error (Jensen, 1981; Diehl, 1991; Orasanu, 1993). Furthermore, given that such errors often occur in bad weather following instrument or system failure and in time-pressured circumstances, it is reasonable to assume that the resulting stress from these anxiety-provoking situations may exert an important degrading influence on the quality of decision making. Indeed, there is an ample abundance of anecdotal reports and post-hoc accident and failure analyses that attributes faulty decision making, in part, to the degrading influence of stress (e.g., Connolly, Blackwell, & Lester, 1987; Lubner & Lester, 1987; Simmel, Cerkovnik, & McCarthy, 1987; Simmel & Shelton, 1987).
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Wickens, C.D., Stokes, A., Barnett, B., Hyman, F. (1993). The Effects of Stress on Pilot Judgment in a MIDIS Simulator. In: Svenson, O., Maule, A.J. (eds) Time Pressure and Stress in Human Judgment and Decision Making. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6846-6_18
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