Two Short-Term Techniques for Gathering Training Device Requirement Information

Abstract

Two short-term questionnaire/interview techniques were used to specify device requirements for an aerial gunnery part-task trainer. The techniques differed in the degree of emphasis placed on eliciting expert pilot opinion regarding instructional capability and level of fidelity required in the trainer. Recommendations of pilots led to higher fidelity and more extensive simulator capability than did similar estimates derived by training and engineering personnel from pilots' descriptions of the task in the operational environment. It is concluded that both methods are acceptable short-term techniques for initial identification of training requirements. However, long-term techniques appear to be optimal for making difficult fidelity decisions.