Differences between Pilots' Procedural Environments â Answers to Key Questions. Question and. Answer Options. Strictly limited. Manual flying allowed within.
Differences between Pilots’ Procedural Environments – Answers to Key Questions Question and Answer Options
“Does your company use simulator recurrent sessions to train manual flying skills?” yes no “When do you usually switch on the Autopilot after takeoff?” 500 ft or lower 1,000 ft 2,000 ft 3,000 ft above 3,000 ft “When do you usually switch off the Autopilot for landing?” 500 ft or lower 1,000 ft 2,000 ft 3,000 ft above 3,000 ft “If an approach is in adverse weather conditions (e.g. turbulence, gusty wind), when do you usually switch off the Autopilot?” rather late (at/around approach minimum or autopilot minimum use height) rather early (e.g. around 1,500 ft or above) “Did you ever hand fly your current aircraft type in high altitude?” yes no
Procedural Environment Strictly limited
Manual flying allowed within certain limits, use of Flight Director mandatory
Manual flying supported within certain limits, flight crews can decide about desired level of automation
75.00 25.00
83.13 16.87
89.27 10.73
92.51 7.49
75.56 24.44
21.05 52.63 0.00 0.00 26.32
13.75 27.50 11.25 11.25 36.25
1.29 6.72 10.42 9.99 71.58
2.16 7.03 9.19 6.49 75.14
2.44 17.07 7.32 9.76 63.41
42.11 31.58 15.79 0.00 10.53
10.00 35.00 28.75 12.50 13.75
2.07 15.33 24.55 19.72 38.33
0.54 14.59 23.78 16.76 44.32
12.20 31.71 21.95 12.20 21.95
68.42
35.00
17.74
17.84
31.71
31.58
65.00
82.26
82.16
68.29
31.58 68.42
43.75 56.25
59.69 40.31
60.54 39.46
73.17 26.83
Manual flying accepted or supported without restriction
No detailed regulation
Remarks: Values in %. Minor rounding errors (0.01%) can occur. Only completed surveys were considered. For a better overview, selected key values are marked in green and red: concerning manual flying opportunities, green indicates the most positive reply, while red indicates the least positive reply. If two values (or more) are within a certain, similar range, they are both (or all) marked in green or red. Due to a lack of significance, the answers of those indicating to have no idea about their procedural environment are not displayed in this table.
Differences between Pilots’ Procedural Environments – Answers to Key Questions Question and Answer Options
“If you feel restricted concerning manual flying – what are the reasons for that?” (more than one answer is possible) Company Automation Policy Company SOPs Company Culture n/a “If you feel supported concerning manual flying – what are the reasons for that?” (more than one answer is possible) Company Automation Policy Company SOPs Company Culture n/a “From your personal perspective – do you have sufficient opportunities during daily line flying to improve or maintain your manual flying skills?” strongly agree agree neither agree nor disagree disagree strongly disagree “In general, would you prefer to have more opportunities to improve or maintain your manual flying skills?” Yes, preferably during line operations Yes, preferably during simulator recurrent training No, I have enough opportunities No, I’m not interested
Procedural Environment Strictly limited
Manual flying allowed within certain limits, use of Flight Director mandatory
Manual flying supported within certain limits, flight crews can decide about desired level of automation
73.68 78.95 57.89 0.00
61.25 53.75 40.00 13.75
10.68 13.61 11.89 65.55
2.16 5.95 6.49 82.70
7.32 2.44 17.07 63.41
5.26 21.05 5.26 73.68
8.75 7.50 15.00 73.75
27.99 20.50 68.48 19.55
24.32 20.54 75.68 9.73
7.32 7.32 34.15 58.54
10.53 21.05 10.53 47.37 10.53
1.25 26.25 22.50 37.50 12.50
15.42 50.73 13.26 17.31 3.27
25.41 55.14 11.89 7.03 0.54
17.07 41.46 19.51 14.63 7.32
68.42
77.50
42.72
30.81
56.10
26.32
12.50
16.80
14.05
17.07
0.00 5.26
10.00 0.00
40.14 0.34
54.59 0.54
26.83 0.00
Manual flying accepted or supported without restriction
No detailed regulation
Remarks: Values in %. Minor rounding errors (0.01%) can occur. Only completed surveys were considered. For a better overview, selected key values are marked in green and red: concerning manual flying opportunities, green indicates the most positive reply, while red indicates the least positive reply. If two values (or more) are within a certain, similar range, they are both (or all) marked in green or red. Due to a lack of significance, the answers of those indicating to have no idea about their procedural environment are not displayed in this table.
