INFLUENCE OF THE LEVEL OF PERSONAL ANXIETY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAINING SPATIAL ORIENTATION OF OPERATORS OF THE AVIATION PROFILE

The existing system for the prevention of spatial orientation violations has come a long way. Currently, all currently used techniques, conditionally, can be divided into two large groups. The first is based on attempts to improve the situational awareness of the pilot at the current moment of the flight, that is, give him more information about the current flight mode, the position of the aircraft. The second is a set of ground training activities, including both theoretical acquaintance with the psychophysiological features of spatial orientation in flight, the laws of development of the illusions of spatial position, and classes at specialized training simulators, which allow pilots to get acquainted, in safe conditions for them, with the basic, most often developing illusions of spatial position. The need to improve this prevention system becomes apparent from the analysis of accident statistics over the past decades, since only the improvement of aviation technology does not dramatically reduce the number of accidents due to spatial orientation. A comparative analysis of the training modes of spatial orientation of the aviation profile operators was carried out. Among the training regimes conducted, the regimen combining the simultaneous provision of statokinetic and optokinetic effects showed the greatest efficiency. Subsequently, in order to assess the impact of individual psychological characteristics, persons who underwent training in this regimen were additionally assessed by the level of personal anxiety, with a comparative analysis. A dependence of the effectiveness of the training on the level of personal anxiety was revealed. Persons with a high level of personal anxiety achieved a less pronounced improvement in the quality of spatial orientation, compared with people with a low level of personal anxiety.

aviation accident, violation of spatial orientation, illusions of spatial position, ground training, training, individual psychological characteristics, level of personal anxiety