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Recovery from startle and surprise: A survey of airline pilots' operational experience using a startle and surprise management method

Source authors: Daan Vlaskamp; Annemarie Landman; Jeroen van Rooij; James Blundell

Originally published in International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics · 2025

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Recovery from startle and surprise: A survey of airline pilots' operational experience using a startle and surprise management method
Daan Vlaskamp; Annemarie Landman; Jeroen van Rooij; James Blundell

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A3 Safety, uncertainty and startle

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Examines pilots' experience using a startle-and-surprise management method. Complements laboratory studies with an operational perspective on usability.

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Self-reported experience is not equivalent to controlled evidence of reduced accident risk.

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Daan Vlaskamp; Annemarie Landman; Jeroen van Rooij; James Blundell (2025). Recovery from startle and surprise: A survey of airline pilots' operational experience using a startle and surprise management method. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 107, 103733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103733

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