aircraft automation and the degradation of pilot skills webinar
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Welcome!
Today’s Agenda
• Welcome and Introduction—Bill Gibbs, Webinar Coordinator
• Presentation by Prof. Waldock• Questions and Answers• Upcoming Webinars and Degree
BriefingBill GibbsDirector, Campus OutreachWebinar Coordinator
Where are you today?
A few session pointers• We will answer questions at the conclusion of the presentation.
At any time you can post a question and we will answer as many as we can
• Slides are available for download at any time
• The recording link will be emailed to you
• A participation certificate is available upon request
• Be sure to complete our survey. The link will be sent to you in a follow up email after the webinar
Are We Related?
Professor William “Bill” Waldock
• Professor of Behavioral and Safety Science at ERAU-Prescott
• Creator of Aviation Safety programs at ERAU• Retired Coast Guard officer and pilot• Worked more than 200 aircraft investigations• President of AZ Chapter of International Society of
Air Safety Investigators• Author of numerous articles on aviation safety and
accidents• Expert called upon by media
Aircraft Automation & the Degradation of Airmanship:Keeping Our Skies Safe
William D. WaldockProfessor of Behavioral and Safety Science
ERAU-Prescott, AZ
What IS “Airmanship?”
• Tony Kern: “Airmanship is the consistent use of good judgement and well-developed skills to accomplish flight objectives.”
• Key components: knowledge of aircraft, environment, & risk; physical skills, cockpit management skills, communication skills, cognitive skills, team skills. It also includes: proper training, proficiency, good judgement, situational awareness, manual flying skills, interacting with automation and using it to the best advantage, self-improvement, and in many ways most importantly-professionalism
Where Are The Risks to Safe Flight?
• Any and all of the key components can provide opportunity for error and failure. They all have to synergize for a pilot to maintain his or her airmanship.
• The use of automation, particularly in the air carrier world, has seen dramatic expansion as the available technologies become more sophisticated and capable. It is possible today for some newer aircraft to literally fly themselves from the origin airport to the destination, without direct human pilot involvement.
• Automation has improved safety and efficiency of flight tremendously but it has also provided a new venue for human error: the interface between the human and the automation.
Apollo-The first use of fly-by-wire and computer control of a vehicle
Selected Prior Human-Automation Involved Accidents
• Eastern Airlines Flt 401, L-1011, Miami, 29 Dec 1972• China Airlines Flt 006, B747SP, Eastern Pacific Ocean, 19 Feb 1985• China Airlines Flt 140, A-300-600, Nagoya, Japan, 26 April, 1994• Asiana Flt 214, B-777, SFO, 06 July 2013
• And many more
What the accident record says-case examples
TAM Airlines 3054, A-320Sao Paulo, Brazil, 17 July 2007
landing Rwy 35L, 6,365’. Wx rain/thunderstorms
• Findings• Conclusions• Causation
Air France 447, A-33001 June 2009, S. Atlantic Ocean
• Findings• Conclusions• Causation
AirAsia Flt 8501, A-32028 Dec 2015, Java Sea
• Findings• Conclusions• Causation
Qantas 32, A-38004 Nov 2010, Emergency Landing Singapore
• Findings• Conclusions• Causation
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Thank You!This concludes today’s webinar.
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