Includes index.
Part 1: History and Rationale for Pilot Selection
1. History of pilot selection
2. Rationale for pilot selection
3. Selecting the selectors
4. Job plans and job analysis
5. Psychometric testing: test construction, validation and norms
6. Ethics in psychometric testing
7. Tests commonly used in pilot selection
Part 2: The Pilot Selection Process
8. The recruitment process
9. Selecting for high risk roles
10. Selecting for initial trainee -- V -- licensed crew
11. Interviewing skills for pilot selection
12. The simulator and its use in pilot selection
13. Giving feedback to applicants
Part 3: Assessment with Selection of Pilots
14. Mental health assessment
15. Personality assessment
16. Personality disorder and its clinical assessment in aviation
17. Personality and training
18. Neurocognitive assessment
19. Medical assessment
20. Assessing 'fit' with the company and organisation
21. Assessment report preparation
22. Training of Aviation Psychologists
Part 4: Pilot Careers
23. Ability, aptitude and performance assessment
24. Pilot work appraisals and career coaching
25. Selection for command
26. Preparing pilots for retirement
Part 5: Other Aviation Selections
27. Selection of remote pilot/UAV operators
28. Selection in military settings
29. Selection of helicopter pilots
30. Selection of 'bush pilots'
31. Selection in air traffic control
32. Selection of cabin crew
33. Selection of maintenance engineers
34. Astronaut selection
35. The pilotless aircraft
36. Aviation psychologist careers and selection
"This comprehensive book describes in practical and ethical terms how recruitment, selection, and psychological assessment can be conducted amongst pilots. It includes chapters written by experts in the field on domains and related areas, such as air traffic controllers and cabin crew. The book is written for airlines, senior pilots responsible for recruitment and training, human resources specialists, human factors and safety specialists, occupational health doctors, psychologists, AMEs, practitioners or academics involved in pilot selection"--
9780429492105 0429492103 9780429959882 0429959885 9780429959905 0429959907 9780429959899 0429959893
10.4324/9780429492105 doi
Air pilots--Selection and appointment.
Aviation psychology.
TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / Piloting & Flight Instruction
TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / Commercial
TL555
387.7068/3