Simulating the Unexpected: Challenge-Centric Simulator Scenario Design for Advanced Flight Crew Training

In 2013 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) published a report on the implementation of Evidence-Based Training (EBT). EBT aims at improving the overall capabilities of a pilot trainee in certain competencies such as decision-making, communication, situational awareness and others. This results in a shift in training focus frommaneuvers to the training of competencies, which in turn sets different requirements for the desired simulator training scenarios. This paper presents a training scenario design approach being driven by the expected impact on the crew rather than focusing on specific maneuvers or system failures. The so-called "Challenge-Centric" design approach was applied in the EU project Man4Gen. It forms the basis for the development of a scenario design kit that shall facilitate the design of training scenarios for Evidence-based Training.

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