I 'm interested in whatever response you get to your query.
Various airlines include modules on workload management in their CRM/LOFT
training but it is at the level of strategic behavior (e.g., identifying
the symptoms of overload and strategies for managing workload); however i
have seen nothing on training pilots how to move their attention among the
various tasks that have to be managed concurrently in the cockpit. There
was a session on research relevant to cockpit task management in the HF
society proceedings about three years ago and i have copies of a few other
research papers (e.g., Ken Funk's work on cockpit task management) but i do
not know of anything that is ready to implement in training.
The reason i am familiar with this is that last fall a postdoc,
Grant Young, and i began a research project of issues in attention
management in the cockpit, to include interruptions, distractions, and
preoccupations with one task that leave the crew vulnerable to neglecting
other tasks. To date we have reviewed a number of ntsb reports and are in
the middle of analyzing asrs reports. We will probably publish that work,
analyzing operational aspects, in something like ASRS Directline, and then
use the results to guide our laboratory research.
key
At 7:36 AM -0400 4/15/98, Richard S. Jensen wrote:
>I've got a question for the group that has a different twist. I have heard,
>read, and taught my students that focus of attention is important in
>aviation. It was found to be the single best predictor of combat pilot
>performance in Israel (Gopher and Kahneman, 1971). Many are still using it
>in research using dichotic listening and visual tasks, as seen in the
>Symposium presentations. I think that it is at the heart of attitude
>management and judgment in civil aviation. Recently, I have been looking at
>the ag pilot safety problem and listening to them talk, focus of attention
>is one of their hardest tasks, especially when under fatigue or pressure
>from economic, personal, environmental, or business sources.
>
>Can someone tell me how to teach pilots to control or focus their attention?
>Also, can someone tell me how to test for attention control in a LOFT, LOS,
>or MOST scenario that is realistic to flight. I have challenged my students
>to this task but was wondering if any one out there can help us.
>
>By the way, all of the 9th Symposium proceedings (both hard copy and CD
>versions) have now been mailed to those who have paid for them. If you have
>not received yours, please let me know. Overseas people may need yet to wait
>some time for hard copies.
>
>Finally, mark your calendars for the 10th Symposium on Aviation Psychology
>-- May 2-7, 1999. The call for papers will go out in July this year.
>
>Dick Jensen