UAS Mishaps and Accidents
This week's discussion topics are about UAS mishaps and accidents, and how they relate to crew member selection, training, and certification. In a study done by Williams et al. (2014), they looked at the US Navy, Air Force, and other DoD related people/organizations, and interviewed members of each organization to find out what they thought were the most important Skills and Other Characteristics (SAOC) for selecting a UAS pilot. Many of these SAOCs were covered in tests and exams given to prospective pilots and Figure 1 and Figure 2 show which tests contained which SAOCs, as well as how these SAOCs were rated by the interviewed members. I have only included the very highest rated SAOCs and the very lowest rated SAOCs to save space. Please check out the reference to see the full list. Figure 1: Top rated SAOCs Figure 2: Lowest rated SAOCs I do not have any reason or data to counter what these subject matter experts have put forth, so I would say that I believe...