THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING REQUIREMENTS INFORMATION IN THE DESIGN AND USE OF AVIATION TRAINING DEVICES.

It is believed that observance of the following guidelines can result in effective devices that allow increases in efficiency and economy in training, as well as real increases in flight safety: (1) Training devices should be built only after careful analysis of the training requirements. (2) Analysis of training requirements should be primarily psychological rather than engineering in nature. (3) Determination of device characteristics should be oriented toward providing task fidelity, with physical fidelity being provided only as necessary to task fidelity. (4) Synthetic training programs should receive as careful consideration in their development as do the trainers themselves. (5) Devices and synthetic training programs should be tested for training effectiveness just as aircraft are tested. (6) Training devices and simulators can provide an effective means of reinforcing infrequently occurring behaviors. (Author)