John Bent
Flying training Manager (Development)
Cathay Pacific
At 03:37 PM 10/27/97 -0800, you wrote:
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The NASA Aviation Safety Research Initiative will include an element
tosupport research to improve safety by improving human performance
through more effective training. The training research element will
support both intramural work at NASA research centers and grants to
outside
organizations. This element will address operations in Part 121, Part
135,and Part 91 and may include training for aircrew and for ground
personnel. Because the range of needs and opportunities for training
research is broad,we must identify the most urgent topics to have the
greatest impact on
safety with this modest-sized program. NASA is coordinating this program
with the FAA and the DOD so that the areas we fund complement and
leverage the programs funded by these agencies.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We are soliciting suggestions, especially from those in the operational
communities:
What do you think are the most urgent needs for training that would
substantially improve the safety of aviation operations?
Please focus on topics for which existing knowledge is inadequate and
thus require research, and consider especially topics that will have a
long-term impact. Your comments do not have to be formal or elaborate;
all we need is your perception of an operational need and why it is
important.
This request is not a request for research proposals; we cannot accept
them at this stage. Our task now is to determine operational needs. The
input we receive from the operational communities will help us shape the
priorities and approach of the program. We will use this assessment of
operational
needs to prepare a solicitation for research proposals to be issued
later. When we do solicit research proposals we will encourage
researchers to form partnerships with organizations in the operational
community so that the research will be operationally relevant and the
results of the research can
be readily implemented.
Also, please give us your mailing address if you would like to be on our
mailing list for announcements about future activities in this program.
Please address your comments and suggestions to:
Rebecca Chute
email: rchute_at_mail.arc.nasa.gov
phone: (650)604-0771
fax: (650)604-3729
mail: NASA Ames Research Center
Mail-Stop 262-4
Moffett Field CA 94035-1000
Key Dismukes, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist for Aviation Human Factors
You may also visit our Web site for future updates:
http://olias.arc.nasa.gov/training/
Rebecca D. Chute
NASA Ames Research Center
Mail Stop 262-4
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
Phone: 650-604-0771
Fax: 650-604-3729
email: rchute_at_mail.arc.nasa.gov
** Please note new area code **
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