Presentation
General Aviation Pilots’ Preflight Planning for Weather: A Behavioral Observation Approach
SessionPoster Session 2
DescriptionWith the decline in GA pilots’ use of call-in weather briefings during preflight planning and the increased reliance on weather self-briefing, it is imperative to assess GA pilots’ capabilities to perform effective weather self-briefing. When performing preflight planning for weather, pilots examine weather products and consider the weather conditions surrounding their flight path. This study performed a detailed inspection of the behavior processes GA pilots used as they performed preflight planning for weather for a simulated flight and compared how their processes compared to those of the experts. Overall, the results indicated that pilots either lacked knowledge of which products contained information necessary to make an informed judgment on the weather conditions for the scenario or were unable to locate the correct products amongst the large number of products available or perhaps pilots lacked knowledge and were also somewhat thwarted by the interface. One limitation of the behavioral approach is that why the GA pilots are performing as they did remains unclear. Future research is needed to uncover the underlying reasons. Additional work is needed to ensure that flight planning apps help rather than hinder pilots during weather planning.
Event Type
Poster
TimeWednesday, October 15th5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
LocationRiverside East
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