Effects of Video Weather Training Products, Web-Based Preflight Weather Briefing, and Local vs. Non-Local Pilots on General Aviation Pilot Weather Knowledge and Flight Behavior, Phase 3

Details

• Creators:
  Knecht, William R. ; Lenz, Michael
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Weather
  • Training
  • Weather forecasting
  • Aviation
  • Pre-Flight Briefing
  • Weather Knowledge
  • Flight Behavior
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-10/17
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  The primary purpose of Phases 1 and 2 of this research was to test the effects of video weather training products on weather-related risk-taking. During the investigation, two unexpected observations were made: (1) Despite specific instructions to fly visual-flight-rules-only (VFR), nine of 50 Phase 1 pilots spent more than 10 min in simulated instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), plus three of those nine repeated that behavior in Phase 2; (2) Whole-group (N=50) weather knowledge test scores were significantly lower (19%, p<.001) than average FAA certification exam scores obtained by freshly licensed pilots, implying knowledge decay over time.
• Content Notes:
  Work was accomplished under approved task AM-A-07-HRR-521
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57105/dot_57105_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.31 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:91a130958760367f6f2da5a10d3c8bc9973f234f3e4bcf6568eab8226a9bd9ec