More experienced pilots adapted their thinking processes to the available time. Less experienced pilots took about the same amount of time to decide regardless of the time window. Critiquing and Correcting Giiven that time is available, proficient decision makers make use of it to reflect on and improve the results of recogniton. Shown on right side of diagram, critical thinking involves looking for qualitatively different kinds of uncertainty in a mental model and dealing with each kind of uncertainty in appropriate ways. Critiquing and correcting are iterative processes in which solving one problem can lead to identification of a new problem as understanding depends.
Decision makers deepen their understanding of the situation and plans until the time for action.