With any new technology in aviation come new regulations, policies and
concerns about safety related to the implementation of this new technology. The
purpose of this research is to explain what aviation safety initiatives have been
introduced in response to the use of glass cockpits in general aviation. The method
that will be used to explore this topic and answer this question will be a literature review
of already published information on glass cockpits. This information will be taken from
aviation-related articles, reports, studies and websites. Discussion about policy
changes that have been developed due to the introduction and continued use of glass
cockpit technology will be explained, including studies completed by aviation
organizations to compare this technology to conventional aviation cockpit panels and
their results. Studies show that training is an important factor to this topic. Increased
training means more time and more money will need to be put forth by those learning to
fly and teaching to fly, as well as by those building and bettering aviation technologies,
all in order to continue to make flight a possibility
