ABSTRACT
Inservice pilot training is thus a time-consuming and expensive operation for the aviation industry. Somerville’s conceptualization of the pilot as an ‘Energy Manager’ exemplifies the art of the experienced instructor in taking a complex matter and reducing it to clear fundamentals on which the learner can build by elaboration. The distinction between judgement, airmanship, decision-making and problem-solving is a controversy which has caused confusion, verbosity, circumlocution and considerable pain. One point of agreement, however, is that each is vital for aviation safety and pilot training. A systematic approach to do so is the flow-chart model developed by R. O. Besco who provides a five-dimensional professional performance analysis for analyzing and precribing remedies to reduce pilot error and improve operations. The creation and use of a generic non-normal checklist by Aer Lingus is described by 737 Captain, Neil Johnston, a member of the Aerospace Psychology Research group at Trinity College Dublin.
