Aircrew Training Devices: Utilization.

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Abstract : This report, prepared for personnel responsible for effective and efficient use of aircrew training devices (ATDs), identifies factors which influence ATD utilization and provides guidance concerning ATD use. Information upon which the report is based was obtained from reviews of the professional/technical literature, observations of ATD management and utilization practices, interviews with personnel involved in those practices, and visits to manufacturers and R & D agencies. Principal topics of the report are: (a) complexity of aircrew skills learning and adaptation of ATD usage to requirements for effective and efficient training; (b) structure of ATD training in relation to the skills being trained and ATD capabilities; (c) instructor selection and training, management of ATD instructors in ways consistent with effective instructions; (d) development and maintenance of attitudes among instructors and students conducive to a favorable training environment; (e) assessment of ATD training effectiveness and use of assessment data to improve ATD training; and (f) maintenance of training quality after ATD programs become operational. This report is one of seven prepared under the Simulator Training Requirements and Effectiveness Study (STRES). (Author)