NTL Record

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 PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository