THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE BERLIN AIRLIFT

Abstract

Considerable attention has been given the technical lessons learned from the Berlin airlift, especially in regard to aircraft and air space utilization, training procedures, cargo handling, and so on. Less attention has been given the human factors involved in the airlift's operations, although these were certainly no less important to its success or failure than were the material and organizations aspects. This paper is devoted to a discussion of some of these human factors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 03, 1957
Accession Number
AD0606598

Entities

People

  • W. P. Davison

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Air Transportation
  • Aircrafts
  • Cargo Handling
  • Efficiency
  • Europe
  • Germany
  • Materials
  • Military Governments
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Relations
  • Task Forces
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • West Germany

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Space