Aviation Performance Solutions (APS), a provider of upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT), has launched a spatial disorientation awareness and training program that combines instructor-led academics, immersive virtual reality, controlled in-aircraft physiological demonstrations, and structured debriefs. The program helps pilots experience selected sensory conflicts, recognize when their perception is unreliable, disregard misleading cues, and rely on dependable flight information.
“Knowing that your senses can mislead you is different from experiencing how convincing that misinformation can be,” said APS chief executive officer Paul “BJ” Ransbury. “The objective is not simply to expose pilots to illusions, but to connect that experience to sound operational decisions: avoiding conditions that invite disorientation, recognizing when perception is unreliable, and maintaining aircraft control using reliable, cross-checked flight information, even when it contradicts what feels right.”
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