Re: Design Philosophy

Neil C. Krey (neilkrey_at_why.net)
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 07:56:35 -0500


Good morning Paul!

At 10:29 AM 6/23/97 GMT, you wrote:
>Some time ago you had some discussion on the Bluecoat forum regarding Design
>Philosophies. When working on this stuff, did you come across any
references to
>Pilot Task Analyses that might have been done for the civil flightdeck. I am
>currently trying to discover if anyone has done such an analysis,
particularly
>if it has looked at things from a pilot -centred perspective.

Back in the early 1980s FAA did a comprehensive task analysis to support
certification regulatory development. I seem to recall that it was based
on the 727. Because of the timing and aircraft, automation would not have
been a concern but it could be a valuable baseline. Perhaps someone else
here in the group knows more about this study.

Also, any airline involved in development of an AQP training program will
have a high quality task analysis for each flight crew position. Many of
these programs are for current generation aircraft.

Best regards,
Neil Krey
neilkrey_at_why.net
http://users.why.net/neilkrey/