TMeyer

I am a PhD candidate in aeronautics, and I need 100 survey participants to complete my dissertation. If you are a current airline pilot, you may be eligible to participate in an aeronautical research study conducted via an online survey.

The purpose of this study is to determine and examine airline pilots' perceptions of trust in automation technology on the flight deck.

Participants will navigate to the provided survey link, answer each checkbox item within the anonymous survey, and electronically submit the completed survey. The survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Participation is anonymous, and no personally identifiable information will be collected.

Participants will have the option to participate in a drawing to win one of five $100 Visa® prepaid gift cards.

If you are interested in participating, please go to https://liberty.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d6WbuNoiopC7Wqq

Thank you for your help!

TMeyer

Update on the airline pilot survey for my PhD. I need 100 airline pilots to take the survey by the end of June. So far, 12 pilots have taken the 31-item checkbox survey. You can take the survey on any platform – cell phone, tablet, iPad, or PC.

https://liberty.co1.qualtrics.com/jf...6WbuNoiopC7Wqq

There is an option to participate in a drawing for one of five $100 pre-paid Visa cards.

rickair7777

APC Users, this is a legit survey, it's been reviewed and coordinated with APC staff.

Thanks

JohnBurke

There are numerous questions which are invalid.

The system's decision-making is apparent? The system does't make decisions. The pilot makes decisions and uses the system as another means of affecting flight controls.

The designers intent? How should one know the designers intent? We just operate the damn thing.

The system conveys its reasonining? It doesn't reason. It's Another form of flight control, and does what it's directed to do, by the pilot, through buttons, switches, assignments, and through the flight management computer, which the pilot programs and controls. What reasoning is there to convey? The pilot either understands its operation, or (s)he does not.

The system would be improved if I knew how it was making decisions? It doesn't make decisions. I do. The system simply does what I direct it to do.

What do I think of the underlying algorhythms? It's just another control yoke with added features, to aid in situational awareness. It maintains altitude. It maintains heading. It follows a course. Garbage in, garbage out.

The "quiz" presumes too much, and appears to be leading the responder. Moreover, without specifics as to what flight automation is involved, the responses are nearly meaningless.

TMeyer

John Burke:

Thank you for your comments. You make great points and provide valuable insight from the pilot's seat.

The survey provided is Alarcon et al.'s (2023) System Trust Scale which can be found at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10....87208231189000. I sent your comments to Dr. Alarcon and his research group at Wright-Patterson AFB.

In full disclosure, despite my personal opinions, my PhD program requires the use of a validated measurement (e.g., the STS) without any changes. The STS has value as a metric if the researcher remains mindful of its limitations.

I appreciate your comments and your taking the time to take the survey. It means a lot to me.

Tom Meyer

TMeyer

Here's an update on the airline pilot survey for my PhD in Aviation: I need 100 airline pilots to take the anonymous survey by the end of June. So far, 32 pilots have taken the 31-item checkbox survey. Thank you to those 32 pilots! You can take the survey on any platform—cell phone, tablet, iPad, or PC.
https://liberty.co1.qualtrics.com/jf...6WbuNoiopC7Wqq
There is an option to participate in a drawing for one of five $100 pre-paid Visa cards.

Myfingershurt

you must not fly an airbus. You’re correct that without input it doesn’t do anything on its own but once you start entering parameters into the fmc it definitely makes decisions, or you know, computes.

TMeyer

On Memorial Day, please remember the human cost of free speech. Some won't.

Here's an update on the airline pilot survey: So far, 44 pilots have participated. Thank you! I still need 56 more pilots to take the survey before the end of June. Please take less than 10 minutes to complete the anonymous 31-item checkbox survey. Opt-in for the drawing for one of five $100 pre-paid Visa gift cards to be awarded at the end of the study.

https://liberty.co1.qualtrics.com/jf...6WbuNoiopC7Wqq

TMeyer

Here's an update on the airline pilot survey: So far, 50 pilots have participated. Thank you. I'm halfway to the required number of airline pilot responses for my dissertation study. I still need 50 more pilots to take the survey before the end of June. Please take less than 10 minutes to complete the anonymous 31-item checkbox survey. Opt-in for the drawing for one of five $100 pre-paid Visa gift cards to be awarded at the end of the study.

https://liberty.co1.qualtrics.com/jf...6WbuNoiopC7Wqq

Thanks for participating!

Sliceback

'Intent' exists. Altitude and speed constraint and the FMC is struggling? Boeing will go for the altitude and sacrifice the speed. Airbus? It goes for the speed and sacrifices the altitude. :-o That's how you get an altitude violation.