Welcome to the Homepage of Associate Professor William G. Rantz. I teach and conduct research at Western Michigan University's College of Aviation.

From this page you will find various links to the courses I teach, research papers, and other areas of interest. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or bad links. william.rantz@wmich.edu

Guess What & Where

November 2006 trip to Sydney Australia to present a paper and attend meetings at the 7th Safety Conference of the Australian Aviation Psychology Association.

Course Links

• AVS 1200 Introduction to Aviation

• AVS 3220 International Navigation & Flight Planning

• AVS 4110 Airline Flight Operations

• AVS 4120 Line Oriented Flight Training

• AVS 4240 Corporate Flight Management

• AVS 4280 International Aviation

Research Links

The links below are of special interest to me and often coincide with or support the research that I am pursuing within the College. Many of these links are aviation psychology research, training, and education.

• Research Laboratory

• Papers authored and coauthored by William G. Rantz

• Air Medical Journal

• Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education and Research

• Aerospace Medical Association

• FAA Aerospace Medicine

• Aerospace Human Factors Association

• The International Journal of Aviation Psychology

• Civil Aero medical Institute

• Association for Aviation Psychology

• Australian Association of Aviation Psychologists

• Crew Resource Management U-T Austin Team

• NSF Fast Lane

• WMU-Office of the VP for Research

• CRM Book Store

• Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies

• Helm reich's Homepage

• Aviation Human Factors - Abstracts

• Bad Human Factor Designs

• Journal of Air Transportation

• Eurocontrol Human Factors

• Skybrary

More Aviation Associations & Links

• Women in Aviation

• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

• Air Transport Association

• Airline Pilots Association

• International Aerobatics Club

• Organization of Black Airline Pilots

• Tuskegee Airmen

• National Association of Flight Instructors

• Experimental Aircraft Association

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Crew Process Systems

CPS uses the psychology of Applied Behavior Analysis to examine and explain crew performance in a complex environment. This model was developed in collaboration with William Rantz M. A., Ryan Olson Ph.D., Sean Lara way Ph.D., Susan Szynerski Ph.D., Jack Michael Ph.D., Dick Malott Ph.D., and Alyce Dickinson Ph.D. College of Aviation and Department of Psychology-WMU.

• View CPS Graph

WMU-College of Aviation Study Abroad Opportunity in Australia!

• Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne Australia Application must be made first to the WMU Study Abroad office.

• It may be helpful, if you haven't already, to read Swinburne's website for incoming students on exchange programs, and the Swinburne how to apply page. The application form is downloadable from this page. The Swinburne Study Abroad brochure is downloadable. If you are interested in some more information that students read closer to their arrival, have a look at the Swinburne Pre-departure Guide.
  
  Please don't hesitate to contact me should you have any questions about the exchange program at Swinburne.

Other Important Items an Aviation Professional Might Need to Know!

• Flight Safety Foundation

• FAA-NTSB Accident-Incident Database

• Airliners.net

• How Stuff Works-Aviation

• DTC DUAT Flight Planning

• CSC DUAT Flight Planning

Other Areas of Interest!

• JPL-NASA

• The National Hurricane Center

• ISPI

• Space

Links are added often, so please check back.

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