Pilot Selection Batteries: Shortcomings and Perspectives
- 1 April 1996
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The International Journal of Aviation Psychology
- Vol. 6 (2) , 199-209
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327108ijap0602_6
Abstract
This article presents a critical examination of pilot selection batteries. The first part of the article focuses on two problems. First, the vast majority of pilot selection batteries predict training performance rather than operational performance; second, the batteries have low correlations between the predictors and the criterion. The second part of the article examines why these two problems occur. Last, a number of suggestions for improving the predictive validity of the selection batteries are offered.Keywords
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