How to re-invent the wheel.
I noticed this little gem in a recent Flight International mag (22-28 Jan 2013) in an article, at page 12, by David Learmont, entitled "Future A350 pilots to 'learn by doing':
"Airbus has made a science of studying the skills needed specifically to fly the world's highly automated aircraft, and came up with more than 300 essentials, says Captain David Owens, head of flight crew training policy.
It has boiled these down to three 'golden rules': Fly, Navigate and Communicate.
Wow! I am dumbfounded at the demonstrable level of scientific expertise employed by Airbus! Surely no ordinary mortals could come up with so profound a distilation of research!
I bet they spent millions re-inventing that phrase most of us were taught from day one: "Aviate, Navigate, Communicate" and to think that a student can actually "learn by doing". Double wow!!
Keep up the excellent work Airbus. The training industry values your input.