Abstract
Every year, approximately 140 military aviators graduate from the Brazilian Air Force Academy, an operational environment that is quite safe. However, the operational definitions of the variables in the piloting instruction are based solely on functional classifications; thus, they are still lacking the constructs and definitions that would provide better levels of communication among flight instructors and cadets. The research problem is framed in system one (intuitive) of decision-making, using heuristics. The literature concerning the heuristics applied to human judgment and decisions have been revisited. Following this, the focus was on the functional classifications that have already occurred in aviation, and situations in which aviators would benefit from heuristics as a starting point to the process of building constructs, and one proposal for an adaptive form of instruction.
Keywords:
Military piloting; Constructs; Relative weights of variables