TRAINING STRATEGIES FOR VISUAL INSPECTION

Airworthiness of the civil fleet is dependent upon the ability of insp ectors to identify conditions for repair. As this is primarily a visua l activity, the issue of training for visual inspection is critical. T he inspection training literature has little detailed advice in this a rea, so in response to this need, a series of simulator experiments wa s undertaken for the development of improved training programs. This a rticle briefly reviews each experiment and summarizes the results. Key conclusions drawn from each experiment are then used to demonstrate h ow they can be applied to enhance training for inspection tasks. (C) 1 997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.