27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-10.8.2

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON DECISION MAKING OF JET AIRLINER PILOTS -A CASE OF WIND SHEAR

A. Kono, H. Hatake*, K. Rinoie, A. Tezuka**, R. Kobayashi*
Univ. of Tokyo, Japan; *All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., Japan; **Waseda Univ., Japan

Keywords: naturalistic decision making, flight management skill, decision making in normal operation, wind shear, flight experience

In airliner pilots’ training, making clear of the decision making skills of experienced pilots is needed. The authors conducted flight simulation experiments supposing the case of wind shear co-operated by several airline pilots. Moreover, the authors examined the tendency of decision making process of pilots according to their experiences.

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