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It's in the same category as judgment -- that can't be taught, either.
Again we disagree. It may NOT be being taught and most of us cringe when we hear cognition and thinking about thinking and learning models for decision making but the info and the templates are out there.
Both SA and judgment require experience, which neophyte pilots don't have and can't obtain in any way except through time in the saddle.
Then we may go 'green' by tossing out NTSB and safety reports 'cause you gotta be there to learn.
We artificially endow students with the ability to get that experience by having them fly with an instructor --
We also create rules and procedures that reduce the demand for students to have wide SA
So what are these devices doing if not helping to teach and/or demonstrate SA?
It doesn't actually increase SA in and of itself, but it is certainly an enabler that assists students in building their own SA.
Enabling that assists? Is that like teaching? (BTW, thanks for the exchange. Good to bat stuff around)
We do NOT teach leadership and we do not teach elements of SA and we certainly do not teach anything about 'cognition' or decision making. And yes, there is a lot of babble out there but if we are to cut through that we are going to have to learn the terms and use them. It is really no different from learning what LNAV, VNAV, RVSM and other aviation terms mean when trying to learn our tasks. And I will grant that there is a lot of blather that passes for CRM and error management training. But we can't learn SA any other way than being in the saddle? If that is true, we are in for a bad ride as the military cuts flying time.