| Title | Disorientation training in FAA-certificated flight and ground schools : a survey. |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 39384 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Collins, William E.; Hasbrook, A. Howard; Lennon, Amelia O.; Gay, Dorothy J. |
| Corporate Creator | Civil Aeromedical Institute |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Office of Aviation Medicine |
| Publisher | Civil Aerospace Medical Institute |
| Publication Date | 19770900 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | A 10-item, voluntary questionnaire answered by 674 flight and ground schools provided information on 1.the conduct of formal instruction about disorientation, 2.the occurrence and content of lectures on disorientation, 3.use of on-the-ground demonstrations of disorientation, 4.use of in-the-air demonstrations of disorientation, 5.use of films on pilot vertigo, 6.amount of instrument flying training students receive, 7.amount of instrument flying training required of flight instructors to maintain their proficiency, 8.adequacy of the school's program on disorientation training, 9.other comments, and 10.numerical data regarding the number of students beginning and completing various flight and/or ground school courses. More than one-third of the respondents evaluated their disorientation training program as inadequate and defined the inadequacy most often as a lack of appropriate materials, aids, and information. Tabulations of responses to the separate items suggested areas for improvement in disorientation training. Recommendations were made. |
| Rosap ID | dot:21171 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21171 |
| TRT Terms | Air pilots; Flight training; Students; Certification; Education and training; Surveys; Air transportation crashes |
| General Subjects | Air pilots--Certification; Air pilots--Training of; Flight schools; Vertigo; Aircraft accidents; Surveys |
| Classification | NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION; NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Accidents; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Surveys |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Report Number | FAA-AM-77-24; DOT/FAA/AM-77/24 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/39000/39300/39384/AM77-24.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |