Gontar, Patrick and Porstner, Verena and Hoermann, H.-J. and Bengler, Klaus (2015) Pilots’ Decision-Making under High Workload: Recognition-Primed or Not – An Engineering Point of View. 19th Triennial Congress of the IEA, 9-14 Aug 2015, Melbourne, Australia.
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The objective of this study is to analyse pilots' decision-making behaviour in terms of naturalistic decision-making. In line with the highly experienced group of pilots (n = 120), recognition-primed decisions are expected to dominate. In a full-flight simulator experiment, with two groups of pilots (short-haul and long-haul pilots) with different levels of practice and training, we were able to show that only about one-third of the pilots make recognition-primed decisions. Results may indicate that the current training practice helps pilots to handle foreseeable problems very well, yet does not support pilots in ambivalent and new decision-making situations. Based on these findings, we recommend the incorporation of more unforeseen events in recurrent training simulator missions to train pilots in handling unknown situations. Practitioner Summary: The results from a flight-simulator study showed that pilots' decision-making is more analytical than recognition-primed. A possible reason for this could be the pressure for justification, or simply that pilots cannot use their experience in unforeseen situations. Hence, training should include more unforeseen events.
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/98017/ | |||||||||||||||
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Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) | |||||||||||||||
Title: | Pilots’ Decision-Making under High Workload: Recognition-Primed or Not – An Engineering Point of View | |||||||||||||||
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Date: | 12 August 2015 | |||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | No | |||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | |||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | |||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | No | |||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||
Keywords: | recognition-primed decision (RPD), naturalistic decision-making (NDM), flight-simulator, crew resource management, FOR-DEC | |||||||||||||||
Event Title: | 19th Triennial Congress of the IEA | |||||||||||||||
Event Location: | Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||
Event Type: | international Conference | |||||||||||||||
Event Dates: | 9-14 Aug 2015 | |||||||||||||||
Organizer: | IEA | |||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | |||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | |||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | air traffic management and operations | |||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | |||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | L AO - Air Traffic Management and Operation | |||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Human factors and safety in Aeronautics (old) | |||||||||||||||
Location: | Hamburg | |||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Aerospace Medicine > Aviation and Space Psychology | |||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Hörmann, Dr.phil. Hans-Jürgen | |||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 03 Dec 2015 13:09 | |||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2019 19:54 |
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