Évaluations de l’état de préparation opérationnelle

Situational Awareness in Air Traffic Control

A subsequent study illustrated the need for systematic mental training in the high-stress, decision-making world of air traffic control. The resulting mental readiness course was required training for all air traffic controllers in Canada between 1992-2000. By 1997, an Advanced Situational Awareness Program facilitated the development of seasoned controllers, flight service specialists and trainers in NAV Canada. This leading-edge perspective has become the foundation for this discipline in operational readiness assessment—most recently applied to successful policing (i.e., Gold Medal Policing).


NAV Canada (1997). Situational Awareness: Train the Trainer Manual, Ottawa, ON: NAV Canada.

NAV Canada (1997). Situational Awareness: Participants Manual, Ottawa, ON: NAV Canada.

McDonald, J. (1997, 1993). Mental Readiness Training for Air Traffic Control Trainees, Cornwall, ON: Transport Canada.

McDonald, J. (1996, 1993). Formation en Preparation Mentale pour les Stagiaires du Contrôle de la Circulation Aérienne. Cornwall, ON: Transport Canada.


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