scholarly journals Potential Augmented Reality Application Areas for Pilot Education: An Exploratory Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Harald Schaffernak ◽  
Birgit Moesl ◽  
Wolfgang Vorraber ◽  
Ioana Victoria Koglbauer
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Pilot Training ◽  
Gender Preferences ◽  
Flight Instructors ◽  
Pilot Education ◽  
Gender Groups

The goal of carrying out this work was to identify potential application areas for augmented reality (AR) in pilot education by addressing gender preferences. Like the field of engineering, the aviation industry is dominated by men. Because the aviation industry forecasts a high demand for pilots, it is highly desirable to address gender diversity and improve teaching methods in pilot education. In this study, potential application areas for AR-supported pilot training were investigated by conducting a survey with 60 pilots and flight instructors (including 12 women). Typical AR use cases were presented in videos, and the pilots reported their preferences regarding similar or other AR applications used in different parts of the flight training program. AR navigation was the use case that was most frequently preferred by both female and male pilots. The majority of pilots agreed that AR could potentially be used in theoretical instruction, pre-flight aircraft inspection, and procedure training. In addition, both gender groups showed similar preferences for various gaming concepts that make learning more interesting and engaging, such as receiving positive feedback. However, a higher percentage of women than men reported that achieving a target or receiving points to successfully finish a task and answering questions during the game were satisfying. Including a story in the game to attract attention was preferred by a higher percentage of men than women. The results of this study can be used to design AR educational concepts that support gender diversity in pilot education and other technical domains.

scholarly journals A Research Agenda for Implementing Augmented Reality in Ab Initio Pilot Training

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-126
Author(s):  
Birgit Moesl ◽  
Harald Schaffernak ◽  
Wolfgang Vorraber ◽  
Reinhard Braunstingl ◽  
Thomas Herrele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
Pilot Training ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Flight Instructors ◽  
Learning Issues

Abstract. Augmented reality applications have the potential to change the learning experience and outcomes for the next generation of pilots. This study aimed at identifying learning issues related to ab initio flight training and exploring the potential of augmented reality in tackling them. A survey was conducted with 43 pilots (31 men, 12 women) and seven flight instructors (six men, one woman). The results show the contents of the ab initio flight course that were most difficult to learn according to the pilots’ and instructors’ experience. In addition, the participants assessed the training conditions they experienced. After familiarization with typical use cases of augmented reality, the pilots and flight instructors indicated flight training elements that could benefit from augmented reality. The results are used to specify a research agenda for developing augmented reality applications for future ab initio pilot training.

An Evaluation of Ground-Based Flight Trainers in Routine Primary Flight Training

1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kingsley Povenmire ◽  
Stanley N. Roscoe
Keyword(s):  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Group Performance ◽  
Flight Time ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
Pilot Training ◽  
Flight Instruction ◽  
Instructional Situation ◽  
Relative Value ◽  
Flight Instructors ◽  
Different Types

The relative benefits of different types of flight training equipment were evaluated in a routine instructional situation with no particular constraints placed upon the instructor as to how he used the equipment and without interfering with the normal course of flight training. The specific objectives of this research program were: (1) to evaluate the flight instructors' ability to predict success in private pilot training on the basis of students' initial performances in each of two ground trainers as opposed to actual aircraft, (2) to determine the relative value of 11 hours of flight instruction in two different ground trainers, and (3) to develop an objective scale for checking flight proficiency. There was a significant positive correlation of 0.50 between predictions based on two hours of training in the ground-based trainers and actual hours required to pass the flight check, but a nonsignificant negative correlation of 0.22 for predictions based on two hours in the aircraft. The ground trainer groups passed their flight checks with an average of slightly more than an how greater total time than those trained exclusively in the aircraft. On the basis of equivalent levels of group performance, 11 hours of training in the AN-T-18 resulted in a saving of 9 hours of flight time, thereby yielding a transfer effectiveness ratio of 0.8. Eleven hours of training in the GAT-1 resulted in a saving of 11 hours of flight time, yielding a transfer effectiveness ratio value of 1.0. The transfer effectiveness ratio is a new measure that directly relates the saving in learning one task to the amount of training on another.

Multi-Objective Optimization for Flight Instructor Scheduling

2014 ◽  
Vol 635-637 ◽  
pp. 1729-1733
Author(s):  
Jun Wen ◽  
Shu Xia Sun ◽  
Hai Feng Duan ◽  
Jian Fei Lv ◽  
Ming Xing Li
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Scheduling Model ◽  
Flight Instructors ◽  
Objective Model

With the rapid development in civil aviation industry, the pilot is a lot of demand in short supply, which leads to high pressure on flight training. It is necessary to optimize the scheduling model for flight instructors and the urgency of the utilization of optimization techniques to realize flight instructor scheduling is increasingly significant. A fair and balanced scheduling model will take flight instructor’s willingness and flight duty time limitations into consideration. Therefore a multi-objective model of scheduling for flight training is provided,and the solution of the model is discussed.

scholarly journals SPECIFICS OF ATTAINING THE QUALIFICATION OF A PILOT IN CANADA

2020 ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Tetiana Fursenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Pilot Training ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
College Programs ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Cost

The aim of the paper is to give an overview of the qualification requirements for future pilots in Canada and to discuss trends in such professionals training modernization. The methodological framework of the research is comprised of general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization – to study the works of foreign scientists, official and legal documents); specific-scientific methods (categorial analysis – to reveal the essence and clarify the definitions of the basic concepts of the study), and the structural and functional analysis – to determine the organizational, content and procedural features of pilot training in Canada. The analysis of the normative and legislative documents showed that the most professionally important licenses giving a pilot a professional right to work in the aviation industry and civil aviation are the Commercial Pilot’s License – CPL and the Airline Transport Pilot’s License – ATPL. The paper concentrates on the analysis of the requirements for knowledge and skills that a pilot has to possess and develop as well as a number of important steps to be completed to get the CPL and ATPL as specified in the corresponding sections of the Canadian Aviation Regulations. In order to obtain a license, a future pilot has to comply with the requirements for age, health status, a number of written examinations and flight training – flight hours, flight conditions and the level of skills. The qualification of a pilot can be attained at Flight Training Units or following the completion of university and college programs. The paper describes the specifics of integrated courses offered by the former – the Commercial Pilot Licence – Aeroplane (CPL(A)) integrated course, Commercial Pilot Licence – Aeroplane/Instrument Rating (CPL(A)/IR) Integrated Course, and Airline Transport Pilot Licence – ATP(A) Integrated Course. The conclusion is made that the types of flights and pilot activities in terms of CPL (A), CPL (A) / IR and ATP (A) licenses are largely the same. The difference lies in the number of hours provided for certain activity types and several specific requirements such as flying in difficult weather conditions or interaction between crew members. Among pilots’ training modernization trends we single out the following: its organization based on the competence approach, a reduction in the cost of training a new generation of pilots and increasing its efficiency through the introduction of new technologies in the training process.

scholarly journals Aeronautic pilot training and augmented reality

ACTA IMEKO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Simone Keller Füchter ◽  
Mário Sérgio Schlichting ◽  
George Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Pilot Training ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Human Centered Design ◽  
Safety Hazard ◽  
Human Interface ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Flight Instructors ◽  
Design Skills

<p class="Abstract">A pre-flight checklist requires in-depth technical knowledge of the aircraft and its dashboard, avionics, instruments, functions, and cabin layout. The student in training to be a pilot or advanced pilot, to obtain an updated certification, must know very thoroughly each instrument and its position on the flight panel. Every second spent searching for the location of an instrument, switch or indicator can waste time, resulting in a poor start-up procedure and possibly a safety hazard. The objective of this research was to obtain preliminary data to determine if the use of AR  as a human interface for training can help pilots improve their skills and help them learn new flight panel layouts of different aircraft. The methodology used was Human-Centered Design (HCD) which is a multidisciplinary process that involves many actors who collaborate on design skills, including people who belong to this process such as flight instructors, students, and pilots. A mobile/tablet application prototype was created with enough detail of a flight panel of a Cessna150, an aircraft used in training flights at the Santa Catarina Aeroclub. The tests were applied in Brazil and the results showed a good response and acceptance from the users.</p>

scholarly journals ACTIVITY APPROACH AS A PRACTICE-ORIENTED BASIS FOR THE FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES OF CADETS OF AVIATION NAVIGATORS

2021 ◽  
pp. 126-136
Author(s):  
S.A. Seliverstov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Military Aviation ◽  
Flight Instructors ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Goals And Objectives

The article discusses the issue of the formation of professionally important qualities (PIQ) in future military aviation navigators in the educational environment of a military university. The goal is to substantiate the activity approach as a practice-oriented basis for the formation of professional qualities in cadets-navigators. A review and analysis of scientific research, publications is carried out, allowing to discover the significance of the activity approach as a methodological direction of research. The methodological basis of the research is the provisions of the activity approach, which are used as the basis for the development and formation of the PIQ among cadets-navigators in the process of a practice-oriented educational process. The description of the results is associated with the characteristics of the content and organization of the professional activity of cadets-navigators in the process of implementation of industrial practice in the form of flight training. Using the activity approach, the main components of the activities of flight instructors, teachers and cadets-navigators are considered, from a unified methodological point of view, and thus the nature of their interaction is revealed. Emphasis have been determined that need to be paid attention to in the course of pedagogical activity on the formation of professional qualities among cadets-navigators. A definition is given and pedagogical technologies are proposed for the formation of professional experience and professional qualities in a future specialist in the context of a practice-oriented pedagogical process. The relationship between the experience gained by the trainee in the practice-oriented pedagogical process and the formation of professionally important personality traits of a specialist is considered. The main goals and objectives for the formation of the necessary professional qualities of cadetsnavigators during flight training have been determined. At the entrance of each stage of flight training, technologies are determined aimed at rational and purposeful impact on the student in order to develop competencies and personal qualities. Recommendations are offered to teachers and instructors to improve the efficiency of development and formation among cadets-navigators of the PIQ.

scholarly journals An exploratory study about the Challenges with Pilot Training and Recruitment in Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol vm01 (is02) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
Lenard Mariyanov Adanov ◽  
Andrew Macintyre ◽  
Marina Efthymiou
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Training System ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Pilot Training ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Airline Pilot ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Industry Professionals ◽  
Depth Interviews

Pilot training and recruitment is of fundamental importance for the aviation industry. Yet, a number of Commercial Pilot’s License (CPL) applicants trained by Approved Training Organizations (ATOs) fail their airline assessments. To provide some clarity on why this is happening, we conducted in-depth interviews with twelve industry professionals and a detailed documentary analysis was undertaken. We found that the main reasons are: (1) Lack of preparation or technical knowledge; (2) Poor communication skills; and (3) Poor display of teamwork and leadership. The paper suggests that regulation should be implemented for ATO’s to use screening processes on potential students to increase quality or Airline Pilot Standard Multi Crew-Cooperation (APS MCC) system, as an additional training system on top of what is being taught in ATOs. Regulations should further be linked with regular audits in place for smaller airlines to increase the effectiveness of their pilot assessments and recruitment processes in order to increase safety. Areas of further research as also identified.

scholarly journals The concept and application of simplified robotic models

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-437
Author(s):  
Zorica Dodevska ◽  
Vladimir Kvrgic ◽  
Marko Mihic ◽  
Boris Delibasic
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Physical Model ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Pilot Training ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
The Real ◽  
Real Objects ◽  
Project Strategy ◽  
Engineering Projects

The use of robotic models with the main functionalities of real objects together with the implementation of innovative technologies, augmented reality (AR) in this case, is the focus of the paper. Therefore, the concept of a simplified robotic model (SRM) is presented. This concept is important because it is useful for achieving the goals of engineering projects, which is especially justified prior to the construction of the real objects. It improves presentation, development, and education capabilities that are unavoidable segments of the project strategy. Additionally, it is possible to transfer developed solutions to the final objects after certain modifications. Multidisciplinary building of the unique SRM of the 3-axis centrifuge for pilot training is described, where multi-attribute decisionmaking is used to conduct some experiments. The application includes the use of a physical model, built from LEGO elements, software for controlling and monitoring the physical model, and an AR mobile app.

scholarly journals Training in robotic surgery, replicating the airline industry. How far have we come?

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 1645-1651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin William Collins ◽  
Pawel Wisz
Keyword(s):  
Robotic Surgery ◽  
Surgical Training ◽  
Airline Industry ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Pilot Training ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Robotic Training ◽  
Aviation Training

Abstract Introduction As the role of robot-assisted surgery continues to expand, development of standardised and validated training programmes is becoming increasingly important. We aim to compare current robotic training curricula with training in aviation, to evaluate current similarities and to provide insight into how healthcare can further learn from replicating initiatives in aviation training. Methods A systematic literature review of the current evidence was conducted online and relevant publications and information were identified. Evaluation and comparison between training in robotic surgery and the aviation industry was performed. Results There are significant similarities between modern robotic training curricula and pilot training. Both undergo basic training before proceeding to advanced training. Aviation training methods include classroom instruction, e-learning and practical training, in both the aircraft and flight simulation training devices. Both surgeon and pilot training include technical and procedural instruction as well as training in non-technical skills such as crisis management, decision making, leadership and communication. However, there is more regulation in aviation, with international standards for training curricula, simulation devices and instructors/trainers that are legally binding. Continuous learning with re-qualification with benchmarked high stakes tests are also mandatory throughout a pilot’s and instructor’s career. Conclusion Robotic surgeons and pilots roles have many fundamental similarities. Both work with expensive and complex technology requiring high levels of skills, within working environments with high physiological and psychological stress levels. Whilst many initiatives in aviation training have already been replicated in surgical training there remain considerable differences in regulation. Adopting established and proven aviation methods of assessment and regulation could help robotic surgical training become more efficient, more effective and ultimately safer.

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