Research papers

Pilot Supply at the Regional Airlines: Airline Response to the Changing Environment and the Impact on Pilot Hiring

Regional airlines facing pilot supply challenges have responded to the rapidly changing environment by increasing pay, adjusting lifestyle factors, and enhancing career pathway opportunities.

Airline Pilot Supply and Pilot Experience

A well-trained and highly skilled pilot is the most important safety feature of any airline flight. Since 2010 there have been no passenger fatalities on board an airline aircraft in the United States.

Session 4 (continued): Pilot Supply Problem

A total of eight presentations will be given during this session (split into two segments with a break in-between). The pilot supply problem topics will include issues on pilot shortage and hiring cycles in the rapidly c…

Perspectives on the Pilot Supply Problem

Aviation Industry Outlook

Break — Sponsored by ICAEA (International Civil Aviation English Association)

Flight School Capacity in the U.S. - Turbulence Ahead?

For over a generation, U.S. air carriers have relied almost exclusively on external third parties for basic “ab initio” pilot training.

A Fresh Look at the Industry and Collegiate Aviation Partnership: A Discussion about the Future

The industry is experiencing a hiring spree that is unlike anything experienced during the past 30 years. The number of new pilots entering the airline industry is challenging both airlines and collegiate aviation in bot…

Calculating the Cost of Pilot Turnover

Controlling costs is a critical ingredient in achieving profitability in the airline industry. Typically, labor costs are the second highest cost category for airlines.

Session 4: Pilot Supply Problem

A total of eight presentations will be given during this session (split into two segments with a break in-between). The pilot supply problem topics will include issues on pilot shortage and hiring cycles in the rapidly c…

Pilot/Manpower Shortage in Business Aviation

Of late, there has been much discussion about the pilot shortage in both commercial and business (professional) aviation. Some statistics show that neither the airlines nor the business community will have enough employe…

Morning Featured Speaker — Current State of Military and Civilian Pilot Pipelines

Discussion will focus on the status of the U.S. military and civilian pipelines as of the summer 2017. Specifically, the presentation will cover the current pilot flows within the RAND pilot pipeline model.

Current State of Military and Civilian Pilot Pipelines

Discussion will focus on the status of the U.S. military and civilian pipelines as of the summer 2017. Specifically, the presentation will cover the current pilot flows within the RAND pilot pipeline model.

Morning Welcome

Van Service from Hotel to ERAU

Van Service from ERAU to Hotel

Evening Keynote Speaker — General Aviation: Cornerstone of the Aviation Ecosystem

Keynote Speaker Welcome

Hangar Cookout

Hangar Cookout Welcome

Reception, Exhibits, & Networking — Reception Sponsored by ExpressJet Airlines

Van Service from ERAU, to Hotel, back to ERAU (change into casual clothes for evening events)

Session Close

Review of Training Principles for Flight Training in Aircraft or Simulator

In human-performance-driven fields such as the social and behavioral sciences and education, there is a particular risk for a disconnect between current research and applied practice.

Low-Cost Wearable Head-Up Display for Light General Aviation

A low-cost wearable Commercial off The Shelf (COTS) Augmented Reality (AR) Head-Up Display (HUD) system is designed, successfully reduced to practice, and flight tested.

Augmented and Virtual Reality for In-Flight Simulator Aircraft

A brief history on in-flight simulator aircraft will be provided. Recent advancements in fused, augmented, and virtual reality will be discussed.

Session 3: Flight Simulation

The presentations scheduled for this session will include an eclectic array of presentations. Topics include head-up displays, training effectiveness, and virtual and augment reality.

Break

Differences in the Severity of General Aviation Accidents by Age: A Preliminary Examination

This research utilized the NTSB aviation accident and incident database system from 1982 to 2014 to examine differences in the severity of accidents by age for aviation accidents.

Adaptive Learning Pedagogy in UDL and Multi-Modal Training

Currently, most learning methods are based on classroom teaching through unidirectional communication using boards or slides. However, the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) asserts that the students can increase their …

Combining Forces: Utilizing Expertise from Applied Linguistics and Flight Instruction for Better ATC Communications

ATC communications are a complex mix of FAA phraseology and plain English. The dynamic demands of a pilot’s workload, simultaneously operating the aircraft, managing checklists, and maintaining situational awareness, mak…

Data Visualization Approaches in Eye Tracking to Support the Learning of Air Traffic Control Operations

Due to the high cost of training new air traffic control specialists (ATCSs) and the expected increase of new hires in the near future, we need less costly methods to effectively train them.

Mental Engineering - A Significant Contribution to Resilience Engineering in Aviation

Currently, far reaching changes can be noticed at the core of human learning of complex tasks. The share of concrete learning diminishes in favor of digital and virtual learning methods, which offer enormous economical a…

Session 2: Human Factors & Flight Operations

Five presentations are scheduled for this session. This interesting collaboration of broad topics will include training and learning, communication, incorporating cockpit technology for cultural differences, as well as p…

Break

Lunch Buffet

Lunch Keynote Speaker — FAA’s Pilot Training Initiatives and Flight Standard’s Reorganization

FAA’s Pilot Training Initiatives and Flight Standard’s Reorganization

Necessary, but not Sufficient: What Flight Training Organisations Teach is No Longer Adequate for a Demanding Market that Needs ‘Captains Out-of-the-Box'

Early 2017 one of the fastest growing low-cost Asian airlines posed a problem to the Aerudite™ consultancy. “We are expanding faster than we can mature our first officers to command.

Session 1 (continued): Advances in Flight Training

This session (split into two segments with a break in-between) will include a total of nine presentations that will cover topics from flight crew selection and promotion to new technology including advances in electronic…

The Optimal Flight Training Experience

Up to 80 percent of those who begin flight training drop out without ever earning a pilot certificate. That’s an alarming and unsustainable statistic for schools, instructors, and the entire aviation industry.

The Electronic Flight Bag Generation

More pilots depend on Electronic Flight Bags for flight planning, charts, weather, airport information, document management, hazard awareness, than ever before.

An Evolution in Regional Airline Training Programs

A brief overview of how Republic Airline training programs are evolving to include our new training center and iPad based products being launched to enhance training for current and future pilots.

Break — Sponsored by Avidyne

The Evidence-Based Approach to Learning

The aviation industry has focused on assessment of non-technical skills and human factors for decades. The ICAO Doc 9995, the IATA EBT implementation guide, authorities and operators are moving towards an evidence-based …

Energy Safety Management: Mitigating Loss of Control Inflight

Under the new Airman Certification Standards (ACS), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has mandated for the first time that private and commercial pilot candidates demonstrate understanding of energy management in…

What Factors Affect General Aviation Pilot Adoption of Electronic Flight Bags?

Why do some pilots choose to use electronic flight bags (EFBs) in their flight operations, yet others continue to rely on traditional avionics and paper charts? Does the use of EFBs differ by age, gender, or flight exper…

Pilot Control Design Influences on Pilot Monitoring Effectiveness of Crew Resource Management in Airbus 320 Landings

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of Airbus flight control design on pilot perception of Crew Resource Management (CRM) in the landing phase of flight.

Session 1: Advances in Flight Training

This session (split into two segments with a break in-between) will include a total of nine presentations that will cover topics from flight crew selection and promotion to new technology including advances in electronic…

The Next Generation Classroom: Transforming Aviation Training with Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality is transforming aviation training by allowing us to bring digital content in our real world with the use of wearable technologies such as Microsoft HoloLens.