ABSTRACT
Aircraft automation has profoundly changed the way aircraft are being operated. Pilots have become supervisors, managing the overall progress of a flight. However, ab initio flight training has changed little during the last 50 years. New JAA Flight Crew Licensing regulations are now introducing new subjects to the curriculum. In this chapter we examine some of these changes, especially with regard to automation, and argue that not all new subjects are suited to be taught in the same way. The proposed teaching and test methods may not provide an accurate training environment for the student to adequately be able to bring the required knowledge to bear in the future position in a modern airliner. We suggest new ways to enhance the transfer of knowledge from basic training to the airline environment by identifying cognitive criteria for mapping the training situation onto the target context.
