Defining Aviation “Skills” to Ensure Effective, Safe, and Efficient Evaluations: A Qualitative Study
Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Aeronautical Science
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
10-2022
Abstract/Description
The present qualitative case study strives to define the term skill within aviation, drawing from the cognitive psychology, organizational psychology, and training literature as well as input from subject matter experts in the aviation industry. A review of the published literature revealed no consensus for defining what constitutes a skill. While some definitions follow a task-based approach, others emphasize more cognitively based representations. Moreover, a formal, commonly accepted definition of the term skill within the aviation domain is lacking. The researchers employed a qualitative case study methodology to extract true descriptions from the subject matter experts to bound and expand from the current literature while rooting the findings within the theoretical model of situation awareness. Findings from this study indicate the term skill encompasses multiple high-order thinking processes. While these processes can be defined differently depending on the field in which one applies the term skill, they are still rooted in three common themes: goal-oriented, efficiency, and high proficiency.
Publication Title
International Journal of Aviation Research
Publisher
OJS
Scholarly Commons Citation
Albelo, J. L. D., Cuevas, H. M., Aguiar, M. D., Piccone, C. J., Petitt, K., Villagomez, R. (2022). Defining aviation “skills” to ensure effective, safe, and efficient evaluations: A qualitative study. International Journal of Aviation Research, 14(1),01–13.
