[PEREZGONZALEZ Jose D (20093). Ergonomization needs of student pilots. Journal of Knowledge Advancement & Integration (ISSN 1177-4576), 2011, pages 48-51]. [Printer friendly]
Ergonomization needs of student pilots
Perezgonzalez & Lee explored the ergonomization needs of student pilots in 20091. They asked a group of student pilots which technological features they wanted to have when flying (with costs also included as part of those features). They also valued the selected features on their relative importance to each other.
The research results are presented in table 1. Overall, the student pilots valued highly technological features that helped them with their flying (eg, onboard display of navigation charts, airspace awareness functionality, pre-flight route planning, and TCAS functionality), low running costs, post-flight analysis displayed on navigation charts, and equipment portability.
Table 1. Relative importance of ergonomization features to student pilots2 | |||
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technological feature | mean* | interpretation | |
Onboard display of navigation charts | 4.0 | important | |
Airspace awareness functionality | 3.9 | important | |
Low operational costs | 3.9 | important | |
Post-flight feedback on navigation charts | 3.8 | important | |
Pre-flight route planning functionality | 3.6 | important | |
TCAS functionality | 3.6 | important | |
Weather and airspace planning support | 3.5 | important | |
Onboard display of track flown | 3.5 | important | |
Portability | 3.5 | important | |
Real-time onboard monitoring | 3.4 | medium importance | |
Onboard display of route to follow | 3.4 | medium importance | |
Onboard display of elevation | 3.4 | medium importance | |
Low set up costs | 3.4 | medium importance | |
Post-flight feedback on satellite maps | 3.1 | medium importance | |
Post-flight feedback of elevation flown | 3.1 | medium importance | |
Real-time remote monitoring | 2.9 | medium importance | |
Onboard display of satellite maps | 2.9 | medium importance | |
Recording of flight parameters per second | 2.8 | medium importance | |
Full communication capabilities | 2.7 | medium importance | |
Post-flight feedback in 3-D | 2.6 | medium importance | |
Onboard 3-D displays | 2.5 | medium importance | |
Autonomy | 2.3 | little importance | |
Recording of multiple flight parameters | 2.2 | little importance | |
Full post-flight video playback functionality | 2.0 | little importance | |
Post-flight video playback capability | 1.6 | little importance | |
Fleet monitoring functionality | 1.5 | little importance | |
Onboard display of street maps | 0.8 | very little importance | |
Post-flight feedback on street maps | 0.6 | very little importance | |
*average value out of 5 |
Author
Jose D PEREZGONZALEZ (2010). Massey University, Turitea Campus, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand. (JDPerezgonzalez).
Peer-reviewers
Stuart ANDERSON (2010). School of Aviation, Massey University, New Zealand (stuartanderson).
Amber WAN (2010). School of Aviation, Massey University, New Zealand (Amber Wan).