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Pilot selection : psychological principles and practice / edited by Robert Bor, Carina Eriksen, Todd Hubbard, Ray King.

Contributor(s): Bor, Robert [editor.] | Eriksen, Carina [editor.] | Hubbard, Todd [editor.] | King, Raymond E, 1959- [editor.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, NY : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780429492105; 0429492103; 9780429959882; 0429959885; 9780429959905; 0429959907; 9780429959899; 0429959893.Subject(s): Air pilots -- Selection and appointment | Aviation psychology | TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / Piloting & Flight Instruction | TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / CommercialDDC classification: 387.7068/3 Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement
Contents:
<P>Part 1: History and Rationale for Pilot Selection</P><P>1. History of pilot selection</P><P>2. Rationale for pilot selection</P><P>3. Selecting the selectors </P><P>4. Job plans and job analysis </P><P>5. Psychometric testing: test construction, validation and norms </P><P>6. Ethics in psychometric testing </P><P>7. Tests commonly used in pilot selection </P><B><P>Part 2: The Pilot Selection Process</P></B><P>8. The recruitment process</P><P>9. Selecting for high risk roles </P><P>10. Selecting for initial trainee -- V -- licensed crew </P><P>11. Interviewing skills for pilot selection </P><P>12. The simulator and its use in pilot selection </P><P>13. Giving feedback to applicants </P><B><P>Part 3: Assessment with Selection of Pilots</P></B><P>14. Mental health assessment </P><P>15. Personality assessment </P><P>16. Personality disorder and its clinical assessment in aviation</P><P>17. Personality and training</P><P>18. Neurocognitive assessment </P><P>19. Medical assessment </P><P>20. Assessing 'fit' with the company and organisation</P><P>21. Assessment report preparation </P><P>22. Training of Aviation Psychologists </P><B><P>Part 4: Pilot Careers</P></B><P>23. Ability, aptitude and performance assessment </P><P>24. Pilot work appraisals and career coaching</P><P>25. Selection for command </P><P>26. Preparing pilots for retirement</P><B><P>Part 5: Other Aviation Selections</P></B><P>27. Selection of remote pilot/UAV operators </P><P>28. Selection in military settings </P><P>29. Selection of helicopter pilots </P><P>30. Selection of 'bush pilots' </P><P>31. Selection in air traffic control </P><P>32. Selection of cabin crew</P><P>33. Selection of maintenance engineers</P><P>34. Astronaut selection </P><P>35. The pilotless aircraft</P><P>36. Aviation psychologist careers and selection</P>
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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

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