OATmedia Products

New, revised and updated computer based training for the JAA/EASA PPL and the UK NPPL.

For a pilot, the study of Human performance and Limitations is crucial to an understanding of the central role played by the human factor in promoting safety and efficiency in flying operations. A thorough understanding of this subject is essential if you are to develop the high standards of airmanship required of all those who fly, whether as a private or professional pilot.

In this interactive computer-based training (CBT) course, we aim to teach you the essentials of what you need to know about the interaction between the human being, his aircraft and the flying environment.

A thorough examination of the demands of the flying environment on the human organism will illustrate to you the obligation on all pilots to keep fit and to lead a healthy life style if they are to operate efficiently and safely in the air. The course also covers the basic psychological considerations of piloting, by stressing the demands that flying places on a pilot's faculties of perception, communication, judgement and decision making, and by pointing out some important limitations of those faculties.

This CBT course aims to teach you, as efficiently and enjoyably as possible, what you need to know to help ensure that you never become a human factor in any aircraft accident. At the same time, being fully compliant with the JAA PPL theoretical knowledge syllabus, it will assist you in the more mundane, but nonetheless important, task of preparing for your PPL ground examinations in Human Performance and Limitations.

CONTENTS

The Atmosphere
The Human Body
Effects of Partial Pressure
Vision
Hearing
Flying & Health
The Information Process
The Central Decision Channel
Verbal Communication
The Cockpit

Minimum recommended PC specification: Windows(98, ME, 2000, XP), 550 MHz CPU, 128 Mb RAM, 4x CD-ROM Drive, Windows compatible sound card

Recommended PC specification: Windows XP, 700 MHz CPU, 256 Mb RAM, 12x CD-ROM Drive, Windows compatible sound card

Click here to run the online Human Performance and Limitations demo (1.3 Mb)

This is a short lesson extract only; the lesson in the full product contains much much more.

Also available in money-saving study packs:

Study Pack Sample

JAA PPL Study Pack 1 - 6 PPL Ground Training Subjects plus Flight Navigation Computer - Save £70! *

JAA PPL Study Pack 2 - PPL Study Pack 1 plus VFR RT Comms and UK Supplement - Save £130! *

JAA PPL Study Pack 3 - PPL Study Pack 2 plus Practical Flying Training - Save £112! *

* Savings comparing the purchase of the set to the individual CD-ROMs.

"The beauty of CBT in general and this package in particular is the consistency and quality of both presentation and instruction. Your personal trainer never has a bad day."
Flyer Magazine, Dec 2003.

"If a picture is worth a thousand words, an interactive CD must be good for several million. OATS [OATmedia] and Transair have put together an ambitious, comprehensive and easy to use ground study package, and as an instructor I’d have no hesitation in recommending it to students. It’s a unique and accessible medium for getting over the massive body of sometimes arcane facts they need to soak up to take their written exams. More than that, it presents the information in such an accessible way that I suspect it will stick in their minds longer than book-derived information"
General Aviation, Dec 2003.

"Although there is no substitute for tuition from a professional tutor, this product is a perfect supplement to classroom work."
Today's Pilot, Jan 2004

"It's a good piece of training equipment that I would certainly recommend to PPL students and training organisations"
Pilot magazine, Feb 2004. Page 1, Page 2 and Page 3