Cognitive investigation on pilot attention during take-offs and landings using flight simulator

Abstract

The paper presents cognitive studies on pilot’s attention during the take-off and landing performance. The studies were conducted using SMI RED 500 eyetracker and Saitek Pro 2000 set of pilot instruments. Simulation experiments involved two groups with different flight experience, recording particular attention trajectories during respective flight phases. The NON-PILOT group comprised members who had less than 80 h of flight time and the PILOT group the ones with more than 80 h of flight time. The differences in perception of flight process in a group of people with different flight experience were presented based on the analyses of the conducted measurements. This might be a useful advice to junior pilots improving their skills and, as a result may increase passengers safety during a flight.