Air Transport World | By: Victoria Moores | GPE – September 28, 2017:
Flight crew training adapts to 21st century needs. The way flight crew trainees learn is changing as cockpit automation, the pilot’s role and the learning process itself reshape approaches to aviation training.
Originally published August 23, 2017: “We don’t just want to do what we’ve done for the last 20 years for the next 20 years,” Boeing Aviation Services development lead for the 737 MAX training development program Scott Andersen said. “Who are the pilots that are going to fill the pipeline? They are not the people who have sat in those seats for the last 20 years.”
When Andersen created the Boeing 737 MAX curriculum, it was clear a new approach was needed.
“Our training program needed to fit the learning style and collaborative approaches that students of today need to be applying in the flight deck,” he said. “We’re not only going to create good quality pilots; we’re going to create good crews. We have lot of automation in the aircraft now. We have to think about things differently.”
Rather than the old-school approach of sitting in a classroom and being lectured, Boeing is adopting a facilitated learning approach that encourages pilot trainees to learn in groups and to use theory to solve problems. Students are left to figure out which tools they should apply for themselves.
“Just think about the exact opposite of a lecture. Facilitated learning means you’re going to tell me something. If you can teach me something, it shows the highest degree of learning,” Andersen said. “I am managing your learning; I am not responsible for your learning.”
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