I'll take this period of quiet on the CRM-DEVEL list to relate some of
my recent experiences during my most recent trip to the UK. Last month,
I had the opportunity to attend two very interesting conferences
sponsored by the Royal Aeronautical Society. One focused on Low Cost
Simulation and proved to be very challenging with regard to some of my
long held beliefs about learning in a simulated environment.
Several of the presentations had the effect of turning a long held
paradigm on it's head. I have long thought that by using the
Instructional Systems Design (ISD) process we could break required
knowledge and skills down into their component behaviors and then
reintegrate them using the Full Flight Simulator (FFS). One of these
presentations suggested that the FFS was too valuable as a technically
accurate representation of the aircraft to "waste" it as a task
integration environment. They went on to describe how a low cost device
was successfully used as an integration tool.
LOFT is often viewed as an opportunity to integrate technical,
procedural, and team knowledge and skills. I would be interested in the
group's thoughts on the role simulation plays in integrating what we
teach our crews.
Best regards,
Neil Krey
neilkrey_at_mail.airmail.net
http://web2.airmail.net/neilkrey/
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