{"title":"Eye Movements as an Indicator of Situation Awareness in a Flight Simulator Experiment","authors":"Koen van de Merwe, H. van Dijk, R. Zon","doi":"10.1080/10508414.2012.635129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10508414.2012.635129","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the potential for eye movements as a means to assess situation awareness (SA) in a flight simulator setting. In a scenario, SA was hampered by introducing a system malfunction in the form of a fuel leak that resulted in a fuel imbalance. Twelve airline pilots participated in the experiment. An eye tracker was used to track the pilot's visual scanning behavior across the areas of interest (AoIs) in the cockpit. Differences in attentional focus and scanning entropy were observed when the crews searched for the malfunction. The results provided insight into the use of fixation rates and dwell times as information acquisition indicators (Level 1 SA), and the use of entropy as an indicator of new information acquisition activities (Level 3 SA). These findings contribute to the further development and exploration of eye movement analyses as an objective indicator of SA in a civil aviation cockpit setting.","PeriodicalId":83071,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of aviation psychology","volume":"22 1","pages":"78 - 95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10508414.2012.635129","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59694643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Burnout and Work Engagement Among Cabin Crew: Antecedents and Consequences","authors":"Ching-Fu Chen, S. Chen","doi":"10.1080/10508414.2012.635125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10508414.2012.635125","url":null,"abstract":"Flight attendants play an essential role in ensuring cabin safety and offering services on board. This study applied the job demands-resources model to explore burnout and work engagement among cabin crew and investigate the possible antecedents and consequences, using a sample of 305 Taiwanese flight attendants. The health problems caused by heavy workloads under specific working environments and significant rates of turnover intention were noted. Using structural equation modeling to test the conceptual model, the results reveal that job demands positively relate to burnout, whereas job resources positively relate to work engagement but negatively relate to burnout. In addition, health problems directly induce turnover intention and mediate the relationship between burnout and turnover intention. Elevating the levels of work engagement might be effective in reducing cabin crew's turnover intention.","PeriodicalId":83071,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of aviation psychology","volume":"22 1","pages":"41 - 58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10508414.2012.635125","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59694006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Pilot Experience on Recall of Information From Graphical Weather Displays","authors":"D. O’Hare, Amy Waite","doi":"10.1080/10508414.2012.635122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10508414.2012.635122","url":null,"abstract":"Good weather-related decision making is critical for the safe conduct of general aviation flights. A number of tools have been developed in recent years to help pilots visualize the actual and forecast weather for their planned flight. In this study we compare the effectiveness of a graphic weather visualization tool designed for preflight decision making with conventional coded reports and plain English translations. Qualified pilots from several aero clubs were asked to view 4 hypothetical cross-country flights. Departure and destination weather reports (METARs) were provided for each flight in 1 of 4 formats—code, plain English, graphic, or both graphic and plain English. Following a short interference task, the pilots were asked to recall as much of the weather information as possible. Results showed that pilots correctly recalled most information from the dual graphic and plain English display but this was largely attributable to the additional time required to process the 2 displays. Although the formats were rated as equally interpretable, experienced pilots were able to recall much more from the traditional coded METARs than less experienced pilots. Implications for the design and acceptance of novel display formats of meteorological information for pilots are discussed.","PeriodicalId":83071,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of aviation psychology","volume":"22 1","pages":"1 - 17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10508414.2012.635122","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59693859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Item Response Theory to Evaluate Measurement Precision of Selection Tests at the French Pilot Training","authors":"M. Veldhuis, N. Matton, S. Vautier","doi":"10.1080/10508414.2012.635123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10508414.2012.635123","url":null,"abstract":"In pilot selection settings, decisions are often based on cutoff scores. In item response theory the measurement precision of a test score can be evaluated by its degree of information. We investigated whether the maximum of test information corresponded to the cutoff zone for 10 cognitive ability tests of the current French civil air transport pilot selection (n = 577). An item response theory model was fitted to the data. The 6 adequately fitted tests' test information curves were generally maximal in the cutoff score zone. Several ways to improve the absolute level of precision of tests in pilot selection situations are discussed.","PeriodicalId":83071,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of aviation psychology","volume":"22 1","pages":"18 - 29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10508414.2012.635123","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59694169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time to Solo as a Predictor of Performance in Civilian Flight Training","authors":"R. J. Caligan","doi":"10.1080/10508414.2012.635124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10508414.2012.635124","url":null,"abstract":"Civilian and military flight schools have long used the amount of time needed to solo as a benchmark for students. The researcher used regression analysis of student training records to see whether the amount of time a student needed to solo could predict the time needed to earn a private pilot license or the ability to pass the private pilot checkride on the first try. Results showed a strong relationship to the time needed to earn the certificate, but not to checkride results. The researcher recommends more analysis to determine which factors can produce competent pilots in fewer hours.","PeriodicalId":83071,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of aviation psychology","volume":"22 1","pages":"30 - 40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10508414.2012.635124","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59694261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Variance as a Measure of Performance in an Aviation Context","authors":"Christopher K. McClernon, James C. Miller","doi":"10.1080/10508414.2011.606765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10508414.2011.606765","url":null,"abstract":"A combined measure of performance (i.e., constant error plus variable error) is a common approach to determining aircraft pilot performance. However, a variable error measure has worked well as a performance measure in highway driving. Twenty novice participants were recruited to participate in a study that tested flying performance in a simulator criterion trial following simulated flight training. The data were analyzed first using a common root mean square error measure (combined error). The same data were subsequently analyzed using a variable error measure and the results were compared and contrasted. Results indicated that the variable error approach was sensitive, precise, and efficient when measuring pilot performance. Explanations for why this is a particularly suitable approach in an aviation context are provided.","PeriodicalId":83071,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of aviation psychology","volume":"21 1","pages":"397 - 412"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10508414.2011.606765","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59693697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complementary Information Distribution to Improve Team Performance in Military Helicopter Operations: An Experimental Study","authors":"B. Sperling, A. Pritchett","doi":"10.1080/10508414.2011.606756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10508414.2011.606756","url":null,"abstract":"This study compared a complementary information distribution, that is, purposeful distribution to individual crewmembers of the information needed for their individual tasks, to the current distribution where all crewmembers can access all information in the flight deck. The complementary information distribution is intended to foster a complementary mental model that promotes each team member's access to information according to his or her immediate tasks. The hypothesis—that the complementary information distribution would improve performance and team interaction—was tested in a high-fidelity military helicopter flight simulator with 20 Army aviators. The complementary information distribution was found to have no effect or a positive effect (and no negative effects) on measures of individual's task performance and error rates, with greater positive effects on most measures in off-nominal compared to nominal flight conditions. In addition, measures of team communication and awareness of fellow crewmembers' information needs and workload also found only no effect or positive effects with a complementary information distribution.","PeriodicalId":83071,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of aviation psychology","volume":"21 1","pages":"375 - 396"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10508414.2011.606756","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59693519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Koglbauer, K. W. Kallus, R. Braunstingl, W. Boucsein
{"title":"Recovery Training in Simulator Improves Performance and Psychophysiological State of Pilots During Simulated and Real Visual Flight Rules Flight","authors":"I. Koglbauer, K. W. Kallus, R. Braunstingl, W. Boucsein","doi":"10.1080/10508414.2011.606741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10508414.2011.606741","url":null,"abstract":"This study evaluated an anticipation-based training program for private pilots to recover from unusual flight attitudes, stalls, and spins using visual reference cues. Flight performance, psychophysiological measures of cardiac and electrodermal activity, and subjective measures of workload and emotion were collected from 33 pilots during simulated and real flight. The results demonstrate positive training effects of anticipation-based training in real and simulated flight to improve performance and to change patterns of psychophysiological arousal, workload, and emotion in pilots.","PeriodicalId":83071,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of aviation psychology","volume":"21 1","pages":"307 - 324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10508414.2011.606741","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59693343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stéphanie Stankovic, S. Loft, Esa M. Rantanen, N. Ponomarenko
{"title":"Individual Differences in the Effect of Vertical Separation on Conflict Detection in Air Traffic Control","authors":"Stéphanie Stankovic, S. Loft, Esa M. Rantanen, N. Ponomarenko","doi":"10.1080/10508414.2011.606744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10508414.2011.606744","url":null,"abstract":"This research examined individual differences in judgments of the risk of aircraft separation violation. Fourteen controllers were asked to judge the risk of conflict for aircraft pairs varying in geometry and vertical separation. A cluster analysis revealed individual differences in how judgments of conflict risk changed with increased vertical separation. There were no individual differences in conflict risk judgments when vertical separation was 0 ft. However, as vertical separation increased to 2,000 ft and 4,000 ft, some controllers made progressively lower judgments of conflict risk than others. These findings have implications for the design of automation tools and for training.","PeriodicalId":83071,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of aviation psychology","volume":"21 1","pages":"325 - 342"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10508414.2011.606744","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59693350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the Effectiveness of Bridge Resource Management Training","authors":"P. O'Connor","doi":"10.1080/10508414.2011.606755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10508414.2011.606755","url":null,"abstract":"Bridge resource management (BRM) is the maritime equivalent of crew resource management (CRM), and has been used in the civilian maritime industry for over a decade. An evaluation of the effectiveness of the U.S. Navy's BRM training was carried out by assessing the attitudes toward, and knowledge of, the human factors that contribute to accidents in high-risk organizations. A comparison was made between surface warfare officers (SWOs) who had and had not attended BRM training. The responses of the SWOs were also compared to CRM-trained U.S. Naval aviators. It was found that BRM training did not have a significant effect on the attitudes and knowledge of SWOs. Further, naval aviators were significantly more knowledgeable, and generally held attitudes toward the human factors that are causal to accidents in high-risk organizations than did SWOs. It was concluded that the Navy's BRM training is not having the impact on knowledge and attitudes that is typical of the CRM training reported in the literature. It is proposed that the main reason for the lack of effectiveness of the BRM program is that the content of the training was not based on a needs assessment carried out within the surface warfare community.","PeriodicalId":83071,"journal":{"name":"The International journal of aviation psychology","volume":"21 1","pages":"357 - 374"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10508414.2011.606755","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59693463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}