Tony T. Kern - Redefining Airmanship

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This book is dedicated to the memory of Major General Glenn A. Profitt II. While serving as the director of plans and programs at the USAF Air Education and Training Command, General Profitt had the vision and perseverance to establish the U.S. Air Forces first career-spanning and integrated human factors training system. Ironically, he perished less than a year later in a human-factors-related mishap while flying as a passenger aboard a C-21 aircraft.

I have received guidance from so many people in writing this book that I cannot possibly list them all here. However, I would like to thank the major players that made this book possible. Special gratitude to Dave Wilson and Hughes Training for providing several of the case studies that make up the heart of this work. Also, special thanks to Ted Mallory at Northwest Airlines, Dr. John Lauber at Delta Airlines, and Al Mullen at Crew Training International for contributing materials and insights for the research effort. Dr. Bob Helmreich, Dr. John Wilhelm, Pete Connelly, and all the folks at the NASA/University of Texas Aircrew Research Laboratory have provided fantastic support throughout all my research efforts spanning many years. I also wish to acknowledge the assistance of the USAF Academy Library Special Collections, USAF Safety Center, the Air Force Historical Research Agency, Colonel Mark Wells, Dr. Alan Diehl, Dr. Richard Reinhart, Dr. Robert Alkov, Jim Quick, Bernie Hollenbeck, Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, Jim Simon, Ben Drew, Lieutenant Colonel Eileen Collins and NASA, Stephen Coonts, and Major General John Huston. I would like to also thank the University Aviation Association for helping me to validate the airmanship model. A very special thanks to General John Shaud and my friend John Nance for their contributions of the foreword and preface.

I would like to thank my beautiful wife, Shari, for her continuous editing, typing, moral support, and encouragement, and my sons, Jacob and Trent, for allowing me time between wrestling matches and living-room football to complete this book. Most importantly, I would like to thank the Lord for giving me the creative energy and perseverance to make this contribution to aviation safety and professionalism.

Robert A. Alkov, Ph.D.
Southern California Safety Institute

Jack Barker, Ph.D.