The Medical Aspects of Skill

AVIATION medicine is that branch of occupational medicine concerned with all the many tasks associated with the operation of aircraft. Inevitably the pilot of an aircraft is the crew member of greatest interest and the number of factors which may affect his well‐being all ultimately affect his skill as a pilot. The principal aim and purpose therefore, of aviation medicine, is to advise the designer and engineer of the particular physiological, psychological, and medical factors which exist and how best to eliminate or greatly reduce them, and so maintain the enrivonment and conditions of flight that the pilot can function to his best advantage at all times and so be able to exercise his acquired skill to ensure maximal safety at all times.