Methods of pilot selection have come a long way since the Wright brothers tossed a coin to choose the first pilot, but no single publication has yet sought to bring the area together between two covers. This book describes the methods surrounding the selection of individuals to be aircraft pilots, techniques largely applicable to any personnel. It presents a comprehensive review of the research on pilot selection, describing the history of aircraft pilot selection and the scientific methodology underlying the development of effective and valid selection procedures. The authors synthesize the findings into recommended approaches for selecting pilots in various settings. The chapters follow the sequence of events in the development of a selection system and bring them together for practical application. They go on to identify problems which still exist and outline needed research to address those deficiencies.
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978-0-291-39820-8 (9780291398208)
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Dr David R Hunter is a research psychologist with the Federal Aviation Administration. He manages an extensive program of research aimed at improving aviation safety through the development and marketing of interventions to improve the decision-making skills of pilots. He was previously an engineering psychologist with the US Army Research Institute for the Behavioural and Social Sciences and he is a former military pilot who flew in combat in Vietnam and has been a military and civilian flight instructor. Eugene F Burke Managing Director of SHL, UK. His experience in pilot selection spans 15 years and includes research on behalf of the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, British Army Air Corps, United States Air Force and Turkish Air Force. Between 1990 and 193, Eugene served as the UK member of the NATO Aircrew Selection Working Group. He has been a member of the British Psychological Society's Steering Committee on Test Standards since 1992, of which he was recently elected chair.
Contents: Introduction; Planning for selection; Building the selection system; Designing the selection system; Evaluating the selection system; History of pilot selection research; Putting it all together; Future directions; Bibliography; Appendix.
