This post is not for people who hates psychology.


Skill Based Behaviour

-relies on skills memory
-stored as routines/motor programmes
-carried without conscious thought
-must be monitored by Central Decision Maker
-allows to do routine tasks at the same time
-skill maybe difficult to explain
-once learned, skill may be difficult to modify


Types of Error:
1) Action Slip

CORRECT DECISION ---> Pilot distracted ---> WRONG SKILL ---> Pilot fails to monitor ---> ERROR



2) Environmental Capture

Decision to do Skill One ---> Skill One & Skill Two are associated ---> But Skill Two is decided instead ---> ERROR



3) Reversion

Task to do ---> Pilot reverts to previously learned skill ---> ERROR




An example of ENVIRONMENTAL CAPTURE which comes from my own experience during flying:

A dual Circuit sortie with my instructor during early February and I had like only a couple of flying hours clocked. As usual, it was a Left-Hand Circuit. Turning into early Downwind, my instructor told me to do a flapless approach for a Touch & Go.


If it is a normal procedure, I will have to put down the flaps at late downwind before turning into Base Leg.


I said yes. But at late downwind, my hand still went for the Flaps Selection Switch to put the flaps down. How smart.



Two more types of Behaviours are Rule Based Behaviour and Knowledge Based Behaviour, which for obvious reason I can't remember all these things in like two days. Goddamn, it's tough!