Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

School of Graduate Studies

Document Type

Article

Publication/Presentation Date

2014

Abstract/Description

This study sought to determine the correlation between familiarity and perceptions of reliability, as associated to specific aviation-related automated devices. Participants’ experience levels ranged from non-pilots to novice pilots to certified flight instructors. It was hypothesized that familiarity has a direct correlation with ratings of reliability for various aviation-related automated devices and that the correlation across devices for each participant would be positive. The researchers expected to find a difference in the familiarity-reliability relationship as a function of experience. Findings showed that there was a significant positive correlation between familiarity and reliability for every single automated device. A positive correlation across automated devices for 87% of the participants was also found. Interestingly, the study did not find any relationship between experience and the familiarity-reliability relationship.

Publication Title

Collegiate Aviation Review

Publisher

University Aviation Association

Additional Information

Dr. Winter was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the time this paper was published.

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