The accident rates attributed to human factors are high in general aviation (GA), and situational awareness (SA) is crucial to flight safety as a subset of human factors. The SA is the skills to perce..
The accident rates attributed to human factors are high in general aviation (GA), and situational awareness (SA) is crucial to flight safety as a subset of human factors. The SA is the skills to perceive, comprehend, and project information in dynamic environments, which enables effective decision-making. However, the accidents resulting from decision-making processes in GA are a primary cause of aviation accidents. Thus, the hypothesis is to determine if SA in driving or flying can predict SA in a new domain, which can benefit novice pilots' SA training program. Specifically, The Letter Factory (LF) test is employed as a new domain in this study, which is the program to test an individual’s SA and was utilized for selecting the air traffic controller by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This study was conducted by 40 samples enrolled in the aeronautical science program or flight instructors employed by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). Several correlations were performed to test hypotheses, but no significant correlations were identified in this research design. Future studies on the transferability of SA to new domains should be addressed to broaden SA's insight through carefully designed studies, which can advance aviation safety.
