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Life Lessons

• Jan 21, 1994, Beech 55 Baron, TN to CGX, 6 souls• Commercial, CFII, 500 hours TT, 230 XC, 33 Multi, • Night, VFR (IFR FP), 2.5 hours planned, 3.5 fuel onboard• .7 hours, headwind 5-10 knots more than forecast• 1.2 hours, Janitrol heater quits• 1.5 hours overflys Cincinnati• 2.0 hours, headwinds 35 knots, still have IFR reserves• 2.5 hours, 10 minutes from CGX, ATIS Windy• 2.7 hours, landing at CGX (can you say numb extremities?)

• 3.0 hours, lands MDW with flat LH main tire• 3.3 hours on the Hobbs at shutdown

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New Concept?

• Karl E. Weick argues that when people are trained for high reliability, the initial reactions they learn are the most important because those are the ones most likely to reappear under pressure.

• Often, he notes, the training settings have only modest validity once trainees move to their actual jobs.

Weick, K.E. (1987) Organizational culture as a source of high reliability, California management review, 29 (2) 112-127

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New Concept?

• Law of Intensity– A sharp, clear, or exciting learning

experience teaches more than a routine or boring one.

– This law implies that a student will learn more from the real thing than a substitute.

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Traditional Training

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FITS Objective

Experience

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How does this apply to a

• BFR

• IPC

• Aircraft Checkout

• Recurrency Course

• Differences Training Course

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G1000 Program

• Transition/Differences Training– Focus is G1000– Aircraft Make & Model is Somewhat

Incidental

• 2 ½ to 3 days– 8 Hours Ground School– 4-6 Hours Flight

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We may not be able to

• Convince every customer of the importance of FITS principles

• Utilize every element of FITS– X-C Flight Planning– Full A to B scenario

• Accomplish much toward ADM and PBL

• Significantly alter behavior

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Identify & Prioritize Training Goals

• What is our primary objective– Teaching one new system– Bringing a student to a desired level of

proficiency

• How can we use FITS principles to accomplish that objective

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We Can• Introduce customers to FITS (Recency)

– Risk Assessment– Learner Centered Grading– Problem Based Learning (Post-flight Critique)

• Utilize FITS to maximize effectiveness in the time we have (Intensity)

• Make the training enjoyable/interesting (Effect)

• Lay the foundation, or a few building blocks, toward improved ADM

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Advantages of FITS

• Proven Teaching Concept– Not strictly a TAA issue

• FITS Serves Training

• Wide Range of Applicability– Primary, Advanced, Transition, Recurrent– FITS Based Checking, Examining, Testing

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My Observations

• Inside or Outside

• Understand the limitations of the system

• Reversionary Transition

• Performance vs. Safety

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My Observations

• Inside or Outside

• Understand the limitations of the system

• Reversionary Transition

• Performance vs. Safety

• Cessna can’t build TAA airplanes fast enough

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What’s Coming for Cessna Factory Training

• Training Web Site– Pre-course materials– Recurrency– CFAI Support

• FTD/Simulator Integration• Advanced G1000 training• Continued development of worldwide network

– Cessna Pilot Centers– Regionally based G1000 flight instructors

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FITS Is…

• A proven teaching method

• Based on techniques used by successful ‘high risk’ technologies

• Being confirmed by the research data

• Working in the real world

• The right approach to flight training

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Questions?