ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a summary of a study that was done at a major US air carrier of pilots transitioning from Boeing 737–100/200 aircraft to B-737–300/500 aircraft. The goals of this report are: to examine the attitudes of pilots who are transitioning to the glass cockpit for the first time about Differences training, and to identify some of the issues that need to be considered when designing an introductory automation curriculum. Two major differences existed between the two curricula: First curriculum contained more guided instruction time by an instructor than the newer curriculum. Full-flight simulator (FFS) sessions were exchanged in second curriculum for the more economical flight training device (FTD) sessions in a fixed-base simulator (FBS). The computer-based training (CBT) content for first curriculum was written by the airframe manufacturer and a second company engineered the software. Pilots in both curricula attended a four-hour class called "Human-Centered Automation Training" that was a Crew Resource Management session.
