Purpose

This article describes different reactions of ATCO students/trainees on their own errors, on errors of other students and the subsequent instructor’s analysis of the errors made during the training process. It presents a number of findings which may support the assessment of students/trainees in terms of their personal capabilities for teamwork.

Errors Taxonomy

There are many approaches used to establish an error taxonomy, nevertheless no particular approach has been universally recognised as the most appropriate to all areas of the training process.

All approaches are based on the understanding of the errors which are attributed to human behavior. Error is strongly related to the human capabilities for reasoning and judgment and from this perspective it is regarded as a part of the human cognition and knowledge in general, and self reflecting in particular. That is the reason why the error issues are so central in the processes of teaching and training.

Many schools of thought have made attempts to classify the errors and to include them into taxonomies.