Alcohol Effects Simulator for Pilot Training

描述(由申请人提供)：这项建议是对NIH声明的系统需求的直接回应，该系统需要“在假设或实际的饮酒障碍下模拟驾驶飞机，并旨在预测致命和非致命事故的发生”。这项由国家酒精滥用和酒精中毒研究所发布的要求承认，酒精在所有三个主要航空部门的严重(致命)飞机事故中发挥着重要作用：通用航空、商业航空和军事航空。目前，在典型的飞行训练计划中，酒精对飞行员技能的影响很少受到重视。然而，有充分的证据表明，通过让实习飞行员实际体验他们必须学习的飞行条件和要求，才能最有效地完成飞行员培训。此外，几年来，联邦航空管理局已经认证了用于培训目的的各种类型的飞行模拟器的使用。这些飞行模拟器已经得到了非常有效的使用，在为学员飞行员提供在实际飞行条件下尝试可能会过于危险的体验方面特别有用。该项目旨在开发酒精效应模拟器(AES)，该模拟器可以增强现有的飞行模拟器，并模拟不同程度酒精消费影响下的飞行结果。这将通过在不饮酒(对照组)和饮酒(试验组)的飞行模拟器上使用规定的飞行方案进行一系列受控实验来实现。与控制条件的偏差将被确定并在AES中实施，然后可以用来指导清醒的飞行员在酒精影响下飞行的可能影响，作为饮酒量和自消费以来的时间的函数(如血液酒精水平所反映的)。国家酒精滥用和酒精中毒研究所承认，酒精在所有三个主要航空部门：通用航空、商业航空和军事航空的严重(致命)飞机事故中发挥着重要作用。这一领域的试点培训显然是不够的，最好是通过实践学习经验来解决。拟议的产品开发将导致开发酒精影响模拟器(AES)，该模拟器可以增强现有的飞行模拟器培训计划，并模拟不同程度酒精消费影响下的飞行后果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is a direct response to an NIH-stated need for a system to "simulate piloting aircraft under hypothetical or actual drinking handicaps and designed to predict fatal and nonfatal accident involvement". This requirement, released by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, recognizes that alcohol plays a significant role in serious (fatal) aircraft accidents in all three major aviation sectors: general, commercial and military. At present, effects of alcohol on piloting skills are paid little attention in typical flight training programs. However, there is ample evidence that pilot training is most effectively done by having student pilots actually experience the flight conditions and requirements they must learn. Further, the Federal Aviation Administration has, for several years, certified the use of various types of flight simulators for training purposes. These flight simulators have been used very effectively, and are particularly useful in providing student pilots with experiences which might be unduly dangerous to attempt in actual flight conditions. This project is intended to lead to development of an Alcohol Effects Simulator (AES) which can augment existing flight simulators and mimic the consequences of flight under the effects of varying degrees of alcohol consumption. This will be done by performing a series of controlled experiments using prescribed flight protocols on a flight simulator without alcohol consumption (control) and with alcohol consumption (test groups). Deviations from the control conditions will be determined and implemented in the AES, which can then be used to teach sober pilots the likely effects of flight under the influence of alcohol as a function of amount consumed and time since consumption (as reflected by blood alcohol levels). The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, has recognized that alcohol plays a significant role in serious (fatal) aircraft accidents in all three major aviation sectors: general, commercial and military. Pilot training in this area is clearly inadequate, and is best addressed by hands-on learning experience. The proposed product development will lead to development of an Alcohol Effects Simulator (AES) which can augment existing flight simulator training programs and mimic the consequences of flight under the effects of varying degrees of alcohol consumption.