Elements related to teaching pilots aeronautical decision making

Ronda Elaine Cassens, Purdue University

Abstract

Most aviation accidents are caused not by mechanical failures, but failures in a pilot’s judgment and aeronautical decision making (ADM) skills. Training has been shown to be effective in teaching judgment and ADM; therefore, it is important to include these concepts in the flight training environment to reduce the chances of a pilot being involved in an accident. This study examined a collegiate aviation program to determine: (a) which elements of ADM are important in flight instruction, (b) which elements of ADM are being taught in flight instruction, (c) if there is a difference between the ADM elements that should be taught and the ADM elements that are being taught, (d) which instructional methods should be used to teach ADM, (e) which instructional methods are being used to teach ADM, and (f) if there is a difference between the instructional methods that should be used to teach ADM and the instructional methods that are being used to teach ADM. Surveys were used to assess the status of the flight training environment. It was determined that flight instructors were not incorporating some of the instructional methods or teaching the elements of ADM that the faculty thought they should be teaching. Additionally, training should be implemented to improve ADM instruction.

Degree

M.S.Ed.

Advisors

Greenan, Purdue University.

Subject Area

Behavioral Sciences

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