TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges Contributing to the General Aviation Weather Problem & Decision Support Systems Technology Recommendations
AU - King, Jayde
AU - Oritz, Yolanda
AU - Blickensderfer, Beth
AU - Christy, Emalee
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - General Aviation (GA) weather related accidents have steadily remained the most fatal accidents and incidents in the GA flight community. The majority of these accidents involve low-experienced Visual Flight Rule (VFR) pilots, inadvertently encountering Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). Previous research indicates, poor inflight weather avoidance could stem from insufficient preflight weather planning. Further investigation reveals, pilots’ face many challenges during the preflight planning process, including: poor weather product interpretation/ usability, decision making biases and errors, and inadequate aviation weather experience. However, with new technology on the rise, a preflight decision support tool may help guide novice pilots through the preflight process successfully. This paper will discuss the challenges novice pilots encounter during the preflight process and offer recommendations for applying a preflight decision support tool as a solution.
AB - General Aviation (GA) weather related accidents have steadily remained the most fatal accidents and incidents in the GA flight community. The majority of these accidents involve low-experienced Visual Flight Rule (VFR) pilots, inadvertently encountering Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). Previous research indicates, poor inflight weather avoidance could stem from insufficient preflight weather planning. Further investigation reveals, pilots’ face many challenges during the preflight planning process, including: poor weather product interpretation/ usability, decision making biases and errors, and inadequate aviation weather experience. However, with new technology on the rise, a preflight decision support tool may help guide novice pilots through the preflight process successfully. This paper will discuss the challenges novice pilots encounter during the preflight process and offer recommendations for applying a preflight decision support tool as a solution.
UR - https://commons.erau.edu/ga-wx-training-research/6
UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1541931218621401
U2 - 10.1177/1541931218621401
DO - 10.1177/1541931218621401
M3 - Article
JO - Default journal
JF - Default journal
ER -