Private/Instrument Combined Training
#11
This brings up something I've been pondering.
Synthetic vision systems are now becoming available for ASEL.
All well and good but my concern is that if a glass/SV system displayed erroneous attitude info to a PPL I think it is all but guaranteed that he would auger in. It's hard enough to analyze a steam gauge instrument failure, and even harder if a wide-screen PFD is giving bad info....but add in the SV reinforcing what the glass AI is telling you and even chuck yeager would have a hard time. People tend to revert to visual cues...the bigger the better.
At least in big airplanes we have two separate systems which automatically cross-check each other. I wonder what kind of redundancy/error-detection those low-end glass systems have?
Synthetic vision systems are now becoming available for ASEL.
All well and good but my concern is that if a glass/SV system displayed erroneous attitude info to a PPL I think it is all but guaranteed that he would auger in. It's hard enough to analyze a steam gauge instrument failure, and even harder if a wide-screen PFD is giving bad info....but add in the SV reinforcing what the glass AI is telling you and even chuck yeager would have a hard time. People tend to revert to visual cues...the bigger the better.
At least in big airplanes we have two separate systems which automatically cross-check each other. I wonder what kind of redundancy/error-detection those low-end glass systems have?
#12
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All well and good but my concern is that if a glass/SV system displayed erroneous attitude info to a PPL I think it is all but guaranteed that he would auger in. It's hard enough to analyze a steam gauge instrument failure, and even harder if a wide-screen PFD is giving bad info....but add in the SV reinforcing what the glass AI is telling you and even chuck yeager would have a hard time. People tend to revert to visual cues...the bigger the better.
At least in big airplanes we have two separate systems which automatically cross-check each other. I wonder what kind of redundancy/error-detection those low-end glass systems have?
At least in big airplanes we have two separate systems which automatically cross-check each other. I wonder what kind of redundancy/error-detection those low-end glass systems have?
My understand is that it's precisely issues like this that have led to the FAA's interests in alternative instructional methods for TAAs one of the underlying ideas being that when you are looking at an airplane with complex computer systems in the guts, there are all sorts of issues – like balancing greater in-cockpit chores with looking out the window and learning reliance on other systems in case the computer craps out – that simply aren't covered in traditional stick and rudder teaching methods.
Given the reality that, if there is non-commercial GA 20 years from now, it will probably involve far more screeds than 3.5" instruments (even LSAs have screens), I wish them luck. Like others here, I have my doubts.
#13
The military has a little bit of this system in place - at least in the past, I don;t know what is in place now. It wasn't in the Primary training, but in what used to be intermediate strike phase, the students flew Basic Instruments (BIs) and Radio Instruments (RIs) before they started the Familiarization Stage (VFR flying).
I am a huge proponent of looking outside. I probably emphasized it more so than many other *younger* instructors. It was hard to watch a guy fly right past a target or a turn in point or something because he had his head buried inside, glued to the symbology (or radar or FLIR). Painful to watch.
USMCFLYR
I am a huge proponent of looking outside. I probably emphasized it more so than many other *younger* instructors. It was hard to watch a guy fly right past a target or a turn in point or something because he had his head buried inside, glued to the symbology (or radar or FLIR). Painful to watch.
USMCFLYR
#14
I’m currently a part-time flight instructor, but I do spend time looking to see how other universities train their students. I have come a cross the combined private and instrument training course. I got my hand on one of the Training Course Outlines (TCO) and am surprised to see that the students are made to shot LOC,ILS, VOR and the list continues before the student solos. The student then does his dual cross countries then is sent to a stage check to solo. After the solo the student then has to hold on fixes. I’m honesty just curious to see what anyone has to say about this, seems like the student is going to take a long time to get through. In my experience, some students find out they don’t want to be pilots after they solo or receive their private ticket. This along with the fact that many students stop flying due to money. There is a lot to learn in the FARS about VFR and IFR, seems like to much information to push on someone new. Sorry for the long post, but I am just interested to see if anyone has something to say.
WILD SMURF
WILD SMURF
In the end, we found that the "best" students--those who were self-motivated and very sharp--did well and completed the program with few problems, but most students simply became overwhelmed at the task.
#15
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Joined APC: Jun 2009
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In short, I agree and add: they are skipping the most important step, BASICS.
#16
On a side note, some of the students are most likely in college, which of course comes with college life. I hope flying is not on their minds all the time for the sake of their social life.
May I ask if the University that you worked at is still using that program? I’m some what curious what University that was if you don’t mind. I’m new at these forums, don’t know if that is a proper question to ask on this site.
#17
They have stopped using that syllabus and returned to doing separate private and instrument courses. If I were in your shoes, I'd be curious as well, but I'd rather not announce the name. I think that it was a valuable experiment, if for no other reason because it confirmed a long-held view.
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