A recurring gripe we hear is that pilots can not evaluate HF skills. But by
giving the pilots a HF observation checklist and schooling them in its use,
they can see that such a thing is doable and meaningful. It allays their
concerns about evaluation, it reinforces which skills are considered
important and why, and it also creates a grass-roots acceptance of the
concept. Check airmen will be less able to "beg off " doing these
evaluations if the line pilots have already accepted them.
So, by sharing the forms with everyone, not just the instructors and check
airmen, the process is demystified and made more credible. Hopefully such
training would lead to more pilots accepting HF evaluation as an important
part of performance feedback and improvement
Great idea Key!!
Ashleigh Merritt, Ph. D.
University of Texas Aerospace Crew Research Project
1609 Shoal Creek Blvd. Suite 200 Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512.480.9997 Fax: 512.480.0234
Internet Homepage: www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/helmreich/nasaut.htm