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2019

Aviation

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Runway Safety Training Methods For Runway Incursion Prevention, Powers Dicus, Scott Tarry Aug 2019

Runway Safety Training Methods For Runway Incursion Prevention, Powers Dicus, Scott Tarry

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The Federal Aviation Administration wants to educate pilots about Runway safety to prevent runway incursions. The number of runway incursions increased nearly 83% from 954 in 2011 to 1,744 by the end of 2017 (OIG, 2018). This experimental research project trained 20 pilots using three different methods of teaching (classroom, online, in a flight simulator) to determine which method most effectively taught pilots about a specific topic in aviation. The different training methods change the way the educational content is delivered and this change in delivery could impact how well the pilots learn the material (Cox, 2010). The participants were …