Accession Number:

ADA183793

Title:

Instructor Pilot Evaluations of Key Naval Primary Flight Training Criteria.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept. 1986-1987,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB PENSACOLA FL

Personal Author(s):

• Dolgin, D. L.
• Gibb, G. D.
• Nontasak, T.
• Helm, W. R.

Report Date:

1987-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to identify the graded training items that instructor pilots use to discriminate good from poor performance among students during primary flight training. We expected that the identification of those training items that accounted for most of the variance in performance measurement would provide more effective criteria for validation of pilot selection variables. Analysis of instructor pilots survey ratings identified 24 of the 153 training items in the flight training syllabus as being most frequently graded above or below average. Only nine of the graded items however, had ratings significantly larger than their respective training stage mean ratings with some inter-rater agreement. Comparable findings were obtained with a preliminary analysis of assigned student grades. Results indicated that it was not possible to identify a strong cluster of training items that accounted for the majority of variance in grading in each training stage. It was apparent from the findings that a high percentage of training items within each stage accounted for at least some variance.

Descriptors:

• *FLIGHT TRAINING
• *PILOTS
• TEST AND EVALUATION
• MEASUREMENT
• STUDENTS
• TRAINING
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• VARIABLES
• SURVEYS
• RATINGS
• INSTRUCTORS
• SELECTION

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE