We certainly need to understand the underlying reason for the "new push for
situational awareness", and it could be a symptom of cockpit advances,
particularly because pilots no longer get that "rounded grounding" demanded
by older generation aircraft. The "sink or swim" filter may be
dissappearing. Could it also be the result of an increasingly
inappropriate set of criteria for flight crew recruitment?
John
At 08:50 AM 10/17/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>John,
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>I did read your entire treatise and I think you set the record straight. I
>agree that manufacturers have come a long way toward human-cetered design of
>systems and pilots are far more productive as a result. However, I can't
>help but think that the new push for situation awareness training is, in
>part at least, the result of our new cockpit advances. It seems that no
>matter how much we advance, the need for training does not diminish.
>Perhaps, as humans, we expect technical advances to improve productivity
>rather than safety. Perhaps we leave safety to the trainers?
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>Dick
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