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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"flight instructors"”.
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The Effect of Cockpit Noise on the Temporary Threshold Shift of Cessna 172SP Flight Instructors
… temporary threshold shift of general aviation flight instructors resulting from their working environment. Exposure to noise before a temporary threshold shift completely recovers can cause a permanent threshold shift with no possibility of recovery, resulting in permanent hearing loss. A …
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SAFTE-VAT Functionality Effects on Flight Instructors' Situation Awareness and Instrument Student Pilots' Performance during FTD Training
… to improve behavioral fidelity and to facilitate flight instructors the capacity to focus more on instructing student pilots instead of role-playing ATC duties. While SAFTE-VAT may offer a more realistic ATC interaction experience onboard the FTD that may result in a positive transfer of training …
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Examining the influence of frames of reference on flight instructors' process of informal learning in an aviation setting
… reference on the informal learning process for flight instructors as these instructors encountered daily challenges associated with facilitating their students’ learning in an aviation training setting.
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Perception of Competence in Male and Female Pilots: Between Group Differences
… were assessed by 30 male and 30 female certified flight instructors. Results showed that female flight instructors' ratings of avoidance ability and attribution for success differed from male flight instructors. Attribution for blame differences between scenario conditions was also found. No …
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Flight Instructor Socio-Communicative Orientation and Perceptions of Cockpit Assertiveness
… has been conducted regarding communication in flight instruction settings. Additionally, much research has been conducted in the area of communication scholarship, however little empirical work has been done to apply communication theoretical frameworks to the study of communication in …
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The emergence of a negative feedback bias as a product of supervisor and subordinate dynamics: consequences of opportunity-based supervision and performance variation
… and Tversky (1973), when they noted that Israeli flight instructors found that praise of exceptionally good piloting was often followed by poorer performance, while criticism of exceptional poor flying was usually followed by improved performance. Thus, the flight instructors came to believe that …
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Distance Learning for Instrument Flight: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Virtual Mentor
<p>PC-based flight simulators are sometimes used as an alternative to traditional forms of instrument training. This type of training typically requires an instructor to be present with the student in order to facilitate training. Flight instructors play many important roles in aviation training, …
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Evaluation of Perspective and Coplanar Cockpit Displays of Traffic Information to Support Hazard Awareness in Free Flight
… and avoid air traffic conflict in a part-task flight simulation paradigm. Thirty certified flight instructors from the Institute of Aviation at the University of Illinois flew a series of trials using one of three cockpit display of traffic information (CDTI) formats. A coplanar (two-panel) …
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Assessing the Influences of Electronic Flight Bags on General Aviation Single Pilots’ Situation Awareness in Various Conditions
<p>The widespread adoption of Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) among general aviation pilots prompts safety concerns regarding transitioning from traditional, heavily loaded paper-based flight bags. However, studies evaluating the impact of EFBs on general aviation pilots’ situation awareness are …
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Effects Of Instructor Continuity On A Large-Scale Pilot Training Program
… These programs will have large numbers of instructors and students, but the effect of flying a student with a large number of different instructors is unknown. This paper will use continuous performance and failure data to see if there is a relationship between flying with too many …
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Comparative Analysis of Conventional Electronic and OZ Concept Displays for Aircraft Energy Management
… electronic aircraft display, a primary flight display (PFD), and an ecological interface design aircraft display, the OZ concept display. Participants were associated with a small Midwestern aviation university, including student pilots, flight instructors, and faculty with piloting …
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An Evaluation of the Relationships Between Safety Management System Intiatives, Transformational Safety Leadership, Self-Efficacy, Safety Behavior and Safety Related Events Mediated by Safety Motivation in Collegiate Aviation
… hypotheses. Utilizing a sample of 282 collegiate flight students and instructors from a large public university, a 46-item survey was conducted to measure respondent’s perceptions on the study variables. Semi- structured interviews were also conducted with 4 top-level management personnel to …
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A Comparison of Safety Management Systems Training Methods at a Collegiate Flight-Training Institution
… Systems (SMS) training affect SMS knowledge in instructors and students in a university flight program. Additionally, the research sought to determine whether a correlation exists between safety knowledge and safety culture perception. An experimental research design was used to study two …