Dale Wilson, M.S., is Emeritus Professor of Aviation at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, where he has taught courses in aviation safety management, aerospace physiology and psychology, and threat and error management since 1996. He holds a master's degree in Aviation Safety from the University of Central Missouri and a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Trinity Western University in British Columbia, Canada. Professor Wilson, a pilot for 45 years, has logged several thousand hours in single- and multi-engine airplanes in the United States and Canada. He holds several professional FAA pilot certifications, including Airline Transport Pilot, Advanced Ground Instructor, and Instrument Ground Instructor. While in Canada, he held the Airline Transport Pilot License and Class 1 Flight Instructor Rating-the highest of four levels of flight instructor certification. He has also served as an Aviation Safety Counselor and as an FAA Safety Team representative for the Spokane Flight Standards District Office. His primary research interests include visual limitations of flight, pilot decision making, and VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. He has published more than a dozen articles in scholarly journals and professional aviation magazines, has given numerous safety-related presentations to pilots at conferences and seminars in the U.S. and Canada, and is co-author of . Drawing upon the latest scientific research, aviation safety studies, and accident findings, thoroughly explores the nature of these human limitations and how they affect flight. Most importantly, this book provides best-practice countermeasures designed to help pilots minimize their influence on flight performance.
