ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book addresses many of the psychological issues in air transportation. It focuses on flight deck crew, cabin crew, and passengers. The book presents more about aircraft mechanics, air traffic controllers, aviation managers, aerospace engineers, and logisticians, but was constrained by the lack of published research on these occupational groups. It includes work from notable persons from Australia and New Zealand. The book presents further research on the important topic of aviation mental health and that future editions will redress any omissions. One especially important topic for future research is what happens to pilots over time when they are made to shut out their domestic life in order to attend to their work. This investigation should also includes the other groups as well, since it appears that some aviation occupations require one to make extraordinary allowances for occupational disruptions.
