Ergonomization needs in general aviation (summary) - 2010

PEREZGONZALEZ Jose D [au] & Kam HP YIU [ed] (2010). Ergonomization needs in general aviation (summary). Journal of Knowledge Advancement & Integration (ISSN 1177-4576), 2012, pages 313-315. [Printer friendly]

New technologies in GA

Perezgonzalez, Gilbey & Diaz Vilela (20102) examined the need for new technologies by single pilot operators in the general aviation industry on a global scale. This was achieved by using an online survey requesting participants to rank the importance of various flight management features3. These were 22 technological features in total, grouped into five distinctive categories.

Illustration 1 sums up the results of the study. Overall, they showed that cost factors were regarded as the most important feature by the group of general aviation pilots, followed by flight support. The results also indicated that instructors valued new flight technologies the most, while female pilots were less concerned with new flight technologies.

Illustration 1. General aviation pilots' ranking on the importance of new flight management features
Pilot Low cost Flight support Monitoring Post-flight analysis 3-D display
Male Important Medium importance Little importance Little importance Little importance
Female Medium importance Little importance Little importance Little importance Little importance
Airplane Medium importance Medium importance Little importance Little importance Little importance
Helicopter Medium importance Medium importance Important Little importance Very little importance
Glider Important Medium importance Little importance Very important Little importance
Training Important Medium importance Medium importance Medium importance Little importance
Instructing Important Medium importance Medium importance Little importance Important
Business Medium importance Medium importance Little importance Little importance Little importance
Recreation Important Little importance Very little importance Little importance Very little importance
New Zealand Medium importance Medium importance Medium importance Little importance Little importance
USA Important Medium importance Little importance Little importance Little importance
No License Medium importance Medium importance Medium importance Medium importance Little importance
Private License Medium importance Medium importance Little importance Little importance Little importance
Commercial License Medium importance Medium importance Medium importance Little importance Little importance
Air Transport License Medium importance Medium importance Little importance Little importance Little importance
Average Medium importance Medium importance Little importance Little importance Little importance

Authors / Editors

Kam HP YIU [ed] (2012). School of Aviation, Massey University. YIU PaulsonYIU Paulson
Jose D PEREZGONZALEZ [au] (2012). Massey University, Turitea Campus, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand. (JDPerezgonzalezJDPerezgonzalez).

Want to know more?

Wiki of Science - Ergonomization needs in general aviation (further knowledge)
Wiki of Science provides an in-depth analysis of this research, or you can also access the original article.
Wiki of Science - Ergonomization topics
Access to further knowledge on ergonomics and ergonomization can be found in this Wiki of Science table of contents.

BlinkListblogmarksdel.icio.usdiggFarkfeedmelinksFurlLinkaGoGoNewsVineNetvouzRedditYahooMyWebFacebook

Unless otherwise stated, the content of this page is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License