Narrative:

This is a general safety concern that I have had for quite some time. I am concerned that we keep getting communications from our safety people that pilots continue to have poor compliance with windshear and GPWS warnings and alerts. I know that there are many reasons contributing to this. However; I think one contributor can be eliminated. All flight deck warnings lose effectiveness when we hear them over and over and ignore them. We; as pilots; should never hear the windshear and terrain warnings unless we are in a situation that requires action. I currently hear those warnings at least once a day and often twice or more everyday I am at work. I hear this while I am busy doing preflight tasks and am training my brain that I should do nothing about it.the TCAS system test doesn't create negative training; and when we hear those warnings we always react because it is always a real threat. The training department is rightfully concerned that pilots are not exposed to negative learning when we do [training] and recurrent. We should apply the same philosophy to line operations.the egpws and pws tests should be performed by mechanics or someone else if it is required more often than routine maintenance is performed. Or the tests themselves should not give the verbatim warnings we would hear in an actual event; e.g. The TCAS test only says 'ok' not 'climb.'

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier pilots reported safety concerns regarding pilots' reactions with ground proximity and windshear alerts.

Narrative: This is a general safety concern that I have had for quite some time. I am concerned that we keep getting communications from our safety people that pilots continue to have poor compliance with windshear and GPWS warnings and alerts. I know that there are many reasons contributing to this. However; I think one contributor can be eliminated. All flight deck warnings lose effectiveness when we hear them over and over and ignore them. We; as pilots; should NEVER hear the windshear and terrain warnings unless we are in a situation that requires action. I currently hear those warnings at least once a day and often twice or more everyday I am at work. I hear this while I am busy doing preflight tasks and am training my brain that I should do nothing about it.The TCAS system test doesn't create negative training; and when we hear those warnings we always react because it is always a real threat. The training department is rightfully concerned that pilots are not exposed to negative learning when we do [training] and recurrent. We should apply the same philosophy to line operations.The EGPWS and PWS tests should be performed by Mechanics or someone else if it is required more often than routine maintenance is performed. Or the tests themselves should not give the verbatim warnings we would hear in an actual event; e.g. the TCAS test only says 'OK' not 'CLIMB.'

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.