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Introduction to UAS Human Factors

When people used to think of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the past few decades, military drones and expensive cinematic drones for movies came to mind.  Nowadays, there is a far greater access to UAS across the civilian sector.  People can order small UAS from Amazon and other large box stores and learn to fly them.   With easier access comes higher potential for risk.  A risk-adverse society fears the potential of UAS crashing into manned aircraft or populated areas on the ground (Clothier, R.A., Greer, D.A., Greer, D.G., & Mehta, A.M., p. 1168).  This risk perception is the “physical signals and/or information about potential hazards and risks associated with technology and the formation of judgement about the seriousness, likelihood, and acceptability” (Clothier et. al, p. 1168).   These risks have a deep connection with Human Factors that can be both positive and negative. When there are positive human factors with UAS, there ar...