Aviation Information Management

'...the information management text book for the 21st century. Aviation Information Management is required reading for all aviation professionals that develop, manage or maintain information systems. For companies that are looking for quality out of the box thinking?, this is the publication.' Capt. Grover Trask, FedEx B-727 Technical Aircraft Advisor, FedEx Headquarters, Memphis, USA 'As the information age has irreversibly taken possession of aircraft cockpits, pilot training and airline operations to the point of presently turning most traditional documentation into paperless deliverables, Aviation Information Management is rapidly becoming a core discipline in Aeronautics. We wish to strongly endorse Tom Seamster and Barbara Kanki's book as it provides an excellent introduction to be able to effectively cope with this challenge: not that it is solving the task itself but it gives a very good insight into the issues that have to be dealt with when structuring and presenting accurate and useful technical documentation whose end-users need hands-on and ready to use operational material.' Jean-Jacques Speyer, Senior Manager Operational Evaluation, Human Factors and Communication, Airbus Customer Services 'During the past decade, the Civil Aviation industry has pioneered the creative, practical use of advanced document-management technology. A number of sophisticated applications are described in this excellent volume, edited by two internationally recognized experts in Aviation Human Factors. These chapters provide encouraging examples of what computer power can accomplish, even in an intensely bottom-line? oriented industry, if fundamental user-oriented design principles are respected.' Michael G. Shafto, Ph.D., Computational Sciences Division, NASA-Ames Research Center, USA 'This book looks at a combination of industry initiatives and airline successes that point to the next steps that operators can take as they transition to fully