Study pilot workload during approach and landing
I'm an engineering student from Belgium and I study at the faculty of aerospace engineering of the Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands. I'm currently doing a human factors study about the difficulties of an approach and landing. So i thought maybe this is a good place to reach many pilots of different experience at once. I'd be very gratefull for the feedback you could provide me on the next questions. They're quite general but will give me a good starting point for a more detailed study.
Note: where applicable please differentiate between IFR and VFR approaches.
1) Which fase (initial descent, ILS approach, approach stability, flare, touchdown, taxi) of an approach and landing do you find most difficult and why?
2) Which specific tasks during approach and landing do you find most difficult to combine?
3) Rank the following general tasks from high workload to low workload: Flight management task, Manual control task, Scanning and monitoring task, Air Traffic Control task.
4) Which external factors (e.g. bad wheather, disagreements with other crewmembers) do you find the most influencing on the general pilot workload?
5) Any other comments.
Extra information; if you could provide me with general information about yourself, this would be much appreciated:
- general aviation, commercial or military pilot?
- estimate of flight hours
Many thanks in advance!!!