Here’s another great link for you to spend your copious amounts of spare time (?) in preparation for your Command.
FlightCog.com (Flight Cognition) - Where Research Meets Operations - is the personal effort of Captain Brian T. Wilson to further the education of training professionals in the area of applied cognitive psychology.
Now don’t get put off by these big words (applied cognitive psychology – and I know that most pilots go running in the opposite direction, with their fingers in their ears, screaming “Not listening. Not listening...” when confronted by words that begin with “psych...”). If you are prepared to have a positive learning attitude you can gain a lot from web sites such as this.
The primary target audience for the FlightCog web site is the aviation trainer; Captain Wilson is endeavouring to educate the training professionals so they use “how pilots’ think” and “how pilots’ learn” so that the trainer is better at their job of transferring knowledge and the trainee is as a direct result better trained, better educated, more knowledgeable and a better and safer pilot.
But don’t think that you can’t learn from the essays in the FlightCog web site just because you are not the target audience. EVERY aviation professional can learn from these essays.
The focus is heavily on Situational Awareness and Decision Making (important Command subjects that we have touched on previously here at Airline Command).
It is very much an on-going personal project of Captain Wilson (who is freely giving back to the entire aviation community), so check back regularly for new essays and articles (I’ll put it in as a “button” link on the right of the main Airline Command home page for easy access).
So check out FlightCog and learn something new. You know you really want to!
FlightCog.com (Flight Cognition) - Where Research Meets Operations - is the personal effort of Captain Brian T. Wilson to further the education of training professionals in the area of applied cognitive psychology.
Now don’t get put off by these big words (applied cognitive psychology – and I know that most pilots go running in the opposite direction, with their fingers in their ears, screaming “Not listening. Not listening...” when confronted by words that begin with “psych...”). If you are prepared to have a positive learning attitude you can gain a lot from web sites such as this.
The primary target audience for the FlightCog web site is the aviation trainer; Captain Wilson is endeavouring to educate the training professionals so they use “how pilots’ think” and “how pilots’ learn” so that the trainer is better at their job of transferring knowledge and the trainee is as a direct result better trained, better educated, more knowledgeable and a better and safer pilot.
But don’t think that you can’t learn from the essays in the FlightCog web site just because you are not the target audience. EVERY aviation professional can learn from these essays.
The focus is heavily on Situational Awareness and Decision Making (important Command subjects that we have touched on previously here at Airline Command).
It is very much an on-going personal project of Captain Wilson (who is freely giving back to the entire aviation community), so check back regularly for new essays and articles (I’ll put it in as a “button” link on the right of the main Airline Command home page for easy access).
So check out FlightCog and learn something new. You know you really want to!
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