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Training Pilots for Unexpected Events: A Simulator Study on the Advantage of Unpredictable and Variable Scenarios
- Source :
- Human Factors, 6, 60, 793-805, Human Factors: the journal of the human factors and ergonomics society, 60(6), Human Factors
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Objective:This study tested whether simulator-based training of pilot responses to unexpected or novel events can be improved by including unpredictability and variability in training scenarios.Background:Current regulations allow for highly predictable and invariable training, which may not be sufficient to prepare pilots for unexpected or novel situations in-flight. Training for surprise will become mandatory in the near future.Method:Using an aircraft model largely unfamiliar to the participants, one group of 10 pilots (the unpredictable and variable [U/V] group) practiced responses to controllability issues in a relatively U/V manner. A control group of another 10 pilots practiced the same failures in a highly predictable and invariable manner. After the practice, performance of all pilots was tested in a surprise scenario, in which the pilots had to apply the learned knowledge. To control for surprise habituation and familiarization with the controls, two control tests were included.Results:Whereas the U/V group required more time than the control group to identify failures during the practice, the results indicated superior understanding and performance in the U/V group as compared to the control group in the surprise test. There were no significant differences between the groups in surprise or performance in the control tests.Conclusion:Given the results, we conclude that organizing pilot training in a more U/V way improves transfer of training to unexpected situations in-flight.Application:The outcomes suggest that the inclusion of U/V simulator training scenarios is important when training pilots for unexpected situations.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Surprise
PCS - Perceptual and Cognitive Systems
Aircraft
Computer science
media_common.quotation_subject
Control (management)
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Flight simulator
050105 experimental psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience
Mental models
Humans
Training
Human & Operational Modelling
Computer Simulation
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Flight simulation
050107 human factors
Applied Psychology
Simulation
media_common
05 social sciences
Training (meteorology)
Startle
Middle Aged
Test (assessment)
Pilots
Variable (computer science)
Unexpected events
Practice, Psychological
Transfer of training
Aviation and Aerospace
Female
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Aviation
Psychomotor Performance
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00187208
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Human Factors, 6, 60, 793-805, Human Factors: the journal of the human factors and ergonomics society, 60(6), Human Factors
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....18b301a6a4c3d5685c0874ded1e5a98a