Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Graduate Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
10-7-2020
Abstract/Description
Continued flight under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions remains the predominant cause for fatal accidents by percentage for general aviation aircraft operations. There are gaps in the research in determining how motivation might influence the decision-making process. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine how motivation and meteorological conditions might affect a pilot’s willingness to persist in flight into meteorological conditions. Four hundred and fifty-four general aviation pilots participated in a mixed factorial experiment to assess their willingness to persist in varying weather conditions. Participants were randomly assigned into one of three motivation groups (intrinsic, extrinsic, or no motivation) and were subjected to all three meteorological conditions (visual, marginal, and instrument) that were randomized in order of appearance. They were then asked to indicate their willingness to persist in each condition via a slider scale, scaled from 0 to 100. The results indicated the main effect of meteorological condition has a significant effect on willingness to persist, while the main effect of motivation did not. The interaction between meteorological condition and motivation resulted in a significant effect, particularly in the marginal meteorological condition.
Publication Title
Collegiate Aviation Review International
Publisher
University Aviation Association
Scholarly Commons Citation
Woods, S., Winter, S.R., Rice, S., Hampton, S., Craig, P.(2020).The Impact of Motivation on Continued VFR into IMC: Another Perspective to an On-Going Problem. Collegiate Aviation Review International, 38(2),51-66. Retrieved fromhttp://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/CARI/article/view/8065/7425
