Desafios da dislexia no cockpit de aeronaves: abordagens regulatórias e técnicas de leitura eficiente

Abstract

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that affects reading and writing, that is, it partially interferes with communication. In the context of aviation, communication is essential for air operations and, when inefficient, harms safety. In a scenario where a dyslexic person wants to become a pilot, what would be the challenges they would face? And is it possible to be a pilot with this disorder? Based on these problems, the objective of the research was to verify, in the sphere of regulation, whether there is an impediment for dyslexic people to be a pilot and what strategies they should use. The text was constructed based on a basic methodology, with bibliographic, documentary, case study and exploratory procedures. Among the results, it was found that within the scope of the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), the medical certificate can be issued to a dyslexic person, if he demonstrates the ability to perform tasks safely, subject to passing detailed and rigorous tests and exams. The possibility of a person with dyslexia becoming a pilot is based on two case studies of pilots with this disorder who have become references in their fields. Furthermore, the experiments with the Speechify app and the flights carried out by a dyslexic, showed, respectively, that there are technologies that can help with learning and that the flight, despite being challenging, can be carried out safely.