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Aviation Voices Report and Reflect on the Alaska Airlines 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX Door Blow Out


A collection of the more informative articles and commentaries on the incident over Oregon on 5 January 2024.


The opinions expressed are those of the respective writers. We present them as being among the range of aviation voices on the issues raised by the incident.

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Clearing the Confusion About AQP, CBTA, and EBT

A Historical Instructional Design Perspective

By Doug Farrow & KD VanDrie

Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA) is a broad umbrella vocational training concept that has spread across numerous training domains / industries within the US over the last half century. It is referenced by several labels, including but not limited to competency-based, performance-based, proficiency-based and outcomes-based.

Within the domain of pilot training, it draws from the competency tradition embodied in Evidence-Based Training (EBT) as well as the performance- or proficiency-based tradition embodied in the Advanced Qualification Program (AQP). While AQP focuses more on the training and assessment of the narrow individual competencies that are the components of flight tasks, EBT focuses more on the broad, high-level competencies those flight tasks represent. In the end however, both approaches may be considered hybrid programs.

This paper reviews the history of these traditions, the primary reason why the US has, to date, preferred to maintain the proficiency tradition embodied in AQP, and more detailed guidance regarding the use of competencies within the AQP framework.

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