resorted to state overall objectives
I can't make out ANY objectives from her reply.
Sentence by sentence:
"Firstly, the design of automated systems needs to take into account how best to support effective human performance."
So we open with a bland statement of the bleeding obvious and nothing to do with training. Not an objective.
"Secondly, training needs to ensure appropriate skills are maintained."
Er, hello... that is what (recurrent) training is all about.
We still haven't learned anything.
"Training has evolved with technological developments and of course it must continue to keep pace"
This is
nearly an objective but you'd have to change a couple of words:
"Training
must evolve with technological developments and of course it must continue to keep pace"
Still none of the above addresses the point of the question which was whether current training is maintaining "traditional pilot skills" or not.
We are all asked questions we'd rather not answer at some point - the problem today is that no one ever seems brave enough to say that, so some meaningless babble is substituted - often confusing enough that the interviewer is left wondering if he/she is smart enough to understand what was just thrown at them.
- GY