The Effects of Pedagogical Paradigms on Aviation Students with Hazardous Attitudes

Wetmore, Michael; Lu, Chien-tsung; Caldwell, William E.

doi:10.15394/jaaer.2007.1469

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“…In total, 70% of aviation accidents are classified as pilot error (McFadden, 1993), and 86% of fatal aviation accidents involve “hazardous attitudes” (Wetmore et al , 2007), which include anxiety, machismo, resignation, resistance to authority, impulsivity and over self-confidence that blur decision-making (Hyde and Cross, 2018), where pilots perceive situations as less risky or misjudge their own abilities to address their complexity.…”

Section: Hazardous Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They manifest as cognitive uncertainty gaps creating an inability to recognise alternatives, over reliance on rules and procedures or belief in power of irrelevant outside factors that distort pilot decision-making. They are significant factors shaping pilot risk tolerance and safety behaviours during flights and can be associated with pilot MW (Wetmore et al , 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Flying high: pilot peer coaching to champion well-being and mitigate hazardous attitudes

Goodwyn

Beech²,

Garvey³

et al. 2022

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Purpose The “Germanwings” air crash in 2015 in which 150 people were killed highlighted the challenges pilots working in the aviation industry face. Pilots regularly work for extensive periods in inhospitable and high-pressure operational conditions, exposing them to considerable work-related stress. This has raised calls for a more systemic cultural change across the aviation industry, championing a more holistic perspective of pilot health and well-being. The study aims to explore how peer coaching (PC) can promote an inclusive psychosocial safety climate enhancing pilot well-being and can mitigate hazardous attitudes and dysfunctional behaviours. Design/methodology/approach Adopting an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), semi-structured interviews and questionnaires were conducted with military and civilian peer coach/coachee pilots and key industry stakeholders, totalling 39 participants. The research provided significant insights into the perceived value of PC in promoting both pilot health and mental well-being (MW) and flight safety across the aviation industry. Findings The study highlights four key PC superordinate themes, namely, coaching skills, significance of well-being, building of peer relationships and importance of confidentiality and autonomy. Such combined themes build reciprocal trust within peer conversations that can inspire engagement and effectively promote personal well-being. The contagious effect of such local interventions can help stimulate systemic cultural change and promote a positive psychosocial safety climate throughout an organisation and, in this case, across the aviation industry. This study provides a PC conceptual framework “Mutuality Equality Goals Autonomy Non-evaluative feedback, Skill Confidentiality Voluntary Supervisory (MEGANS CVS),” highlighting the salient features of PC in promoting MW. Research limitations/implications The study highlights the salient features of PC and its role in promoting peer conversations that enable personal transition, openness and acceptance. This study also highlights how PC and well-being can be used to encourage inclusivity and engagement, thereby strengthening institutional resilience. Practical implications This study highlights how PC that can assist HRM/HRD professionals to embed a more inclusive and salutogenic approach to MW that can reshape organisational cultures. This study highlights the significance and link of workplace stress to hazardous attitudes and dysfunctional behaviours. It further notes that whilst the MEGANS CVS peer coaching framework has been applied to pilots, it can also be applied across all sectors and levels. Social implications This study highlights the value of PC as an inexpensive means to engage at the grassroots level, which not only improves personal performance, safety and well-being but by building peer relationships can also act as a catalyst for positive and deep organisational cultural change. Originality/value This study offers the MEGANS CVS framework that exposes insights into PC practice that can assist HRM/HRD professionals embed a more inclusive and salutogenic approach to health and well-being that can reshape organisational cultures. This study highlights the significance and link of workplace stress to hazardous attitudes and dysfunctional behaviours, and whilst this framework has been applied to pilots, it can also have relevance across all sectors and levels. This study calls for a “salutogenic turn,” employing MW and PC to transform organisational capabilities to be more forward-thinking and solution-focused, promoting an inclusive “just culture” where leaders positively lead their people.

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Section: Hazardous Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Flying high: pilot peer coaching to champion well-being and mitigate hazardous attitudes

Goodwyn

Beech²,

Garvey³

et al. 2022

EJTD

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“…By choosing one attitude over another, the ipsative scales cause unintentional deemphasis of the other possible measurements. Wetmore, Lu and Caldwell (2007) theorized that the reason 86% of fatal general aviation accidents involve hazardous attitudes as a contributing factor, even after years of education and awareness efforts, could be the way Certified Flight Instructors (CFI's) are conducting training. "The answer to this question may be that certain tenets and beliefs of the educational philosophies, ideologies, and theories permeating our educational system can actually exacerbate rather than ameliorate hazardous attitudes" (Wetmore, Lu, & Caldwell, 2007, p. 30).…”

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Gender Differences and their Relation to Hazardous Attitudes in Pilot Training

Furedy

2019

CARi

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It has been stated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) training for pilots has been effective in reducing in-flight errors by up to 50 percent. Hazardous attitudes and their associated antidotes are currently discussed as part of the FAA's ADM training for pilots. The purpose of this study is to add to the understanding of decision making differences and the effectiveness of instructing students on mitigating hazardous attitudes throughout their pilot training programs, in both male and female students using the New Hazardous Attitudes Survey. Results of this study discovered that only two of the six hazardous attitudes, Resignation and Self Confidence, were significantly lower in students who had advanced levels of flight training, as compared to those with only basic levels. Another significant result demonstrated that female's overall hazardous attitudes scores were higher in the more advanced levels of flight training while males scores were lower.

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The Effects of Pedagogical Paradigms on Aviation Students with Hazardous Attitudes

Cited by 2 publications

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Flying high: pilot peer coaching to champion well-being and mitigate hazardous attitudes

Flying high: pilot peer coaching to champion well-being and mitigate hazardous attitudes

Gender Differences and their Relation to Hazardous Attitudes in Pilot Training

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