How A Cockpit Remembers Its Speeds

Hutchins, E. (1995). How A Cockpit Remembers Its Speeds. Cognitive Science, 19(3), 265–288. doi:10.1207/s15516709cog1903_1

Notes

1. Apply The Cognitive Frame To The Cockpit System
2. Remembering Speeds
3. Three Descriptions Of Memory For Speeds
4. Cognitive Properties Of The Cockpit System
5. Discussion

Summary

Notes

1995:

"Focus on the idea of distributed cognition." - Professor Karl Fast

The work is broken into 5 sections.

1. Apply The Cognitive Frame To The Cockpit System

2. Remembering Speeds

Why Speeds Must Be Remembered

Flaps And Slats

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Crew Division Of Labor

3. Three Descriptions Of Memory For Speeds

A Procedural Description Of Memory For Speeds

• Prepare The Landing Data
• The Descent
• The Final Approach

A Cognitive Description Of Memory For Speeds

Representations And Processes Outside The Pilots

Accessing The Speeds And Setting The Bugs

Using The Configuration Change Bugs

Using The Salmon Bug

Summary Of Representations and Processes Outside The Pilot

Representations And Processes Inside The Pilots

Computing The Speeds And Setting The Bugs

Using The Configuration Change Bugs

Using The Salmon Bug

The Pilot's Memory For Speeds

4. Cognitive Properties Of The Cockpit System

5. Discussion

Summary

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