Effects of unexpected event urgency and flight scenario familiarity on pilot trainees performance and stress responses.

ABSTRACT: Pilot trainees' ability to manage unexpected events is crucial for aviation safety, yet the impact of event urgency and flight scenario familiarity on pilot performance remains under-explored. This study investigates how different urgency levels of unexpected events influence pilot trainees' flight performance, heart rate, and anxiety in both familiar (single-engine) and less familiar (twin-engine) flight scenarios. Two controlled experiments were conducted using flight simulators: Experiment 1 involved 27 pilot trainees operating a Cessna 172 single-engine simulator under low-urgency and high-urgency conditions, while Experiment 2 involved 25 pilot trainees using a FTD D40/D42 twin-engine simulator, introducing an additional no-event baseline. In the single-engine flight scenario, high-ur

SUBMITTER: Peng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12301374 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature