Transcript What monitoring and intervention skills do pilots need?

What monitoring and intervention
skills do pilots need?
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What has
changed?
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What I see
Abdication / Mode
Confusion
Reactive / Complexity /
Uncertainty
Handling Unknown
Unknowns
Are we becoming
monkeys?
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Changing Skills!
Scope of Operations
Advanced
Advanced
Normal
Basic/
Contingency
Normal
Normal
Crew Coordination, Problem Solving, and Manual Handling Skills
1960’s
Timeframe
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2000’s
New Skills!
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Vulnerability areas related to automated
systems
Why?
Abdicate too much
responsibility
• Lack of trust in pilot
• Policies
• Insufficient
training/experience/judgment
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Result: pilots may not
be prepared intervene
Skills?
Non Technical
- CRM / NTS
- Intent / Challenge
PF
Technical
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Aircraft Systems
PM
Flight Path
a/c +PNF
ATC
Modes
Rules of thumb
Manual
Recovery
Malfunction
Workload
PF
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PM
PNF
Communication and Intervention
• Intent
• Challenge
• “Help”
• “Unable”
• Take-Over
• Knowledge
• Program
• Modes
• Levels
Human
–
Human
Human
–
Machine
Machine
–
Machine
Machine
–
Human
• Information Automation
• Uploads
• Crossfills
• Mode Changes
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• Advisories
• Displays
• X-check?
Review
Skills?
• Critical appraisal
• Be prepared to change
React
PF
PM
PNF
Recognise
Anticipate
• Challenge
• Recover
• Reset
• Know what to
expect
• Deviation
• Intent
• TEM
focused
Knowledge
Clear policy and procedures
Trust
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Captain Simon Henderson
Virgin Australia
simon.henderson@virgin australia.com
Human Factors and the Automated Flight Deck Feb 2015