ABSTRACT
Choosing an adequate strategy saves limited resources such as time and cognitive capacity when striving for a goal. Performance in the cockpit depends strongly on contextual aspects such as specific tasks (e.g., precision or non-precision approach), crew composition (e.g., level of experience), operational environment (weather conditions, airport layout, etc.), interaction with other groups such as air traffic control, and dynamic factors such as potential technical failures. The significance of contextual factors for performance makes adaptation to the specific operational demands a key factor for performance. Research on cockpit crews confirms that adaptation to contextual factors is significant for performance: Crew Resource Management (CRM performance) of cockpit crews varies across different scenarios, indicating low trans-situational consistency (Haeusler, Klampfer, Amacher and Naef, 2004; Brannick, Prince, Prince and Salas, 1995). In other words: one cannot assume that crews trained in one type of scenario will automatically transfer the acquired skills to another scenario.
