Building Potential for Pilot Expertise: Can Understanding How People Think and Make Decisions Improve the Ability of Military Flight Training to Create Potential Pilot Expertise?
Abstract
The flight-training program is designed to teach basic tactics, techniques, and procedures so that an inexperienced pilot can safely operate a complex aircraft. At the completion of flight training the new pilot has enough basic knowledge and skill that he can safely perform the basic maneuvers in the aircraft. The expectation is that this level of training is good enough until these new pilots can build up enough experience to become expert pilots, a process requiring many hours. Flight school is a safety stopgap that enables the truly inexperienced student to learn just enough to live to possibly become an expert. By understanding how experts make decisions and focusing training efforts on building experience through the lens of expertise, Naval flight training can improve the pattern-recognition and intuitive decision-making capability of novice pilots and potentially bridge the gap between flight training and expertise.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 24, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA601528
Entities
People
- Douglas M. Tempest
Organizations
- Marine Corps University