Self-Perceived Problems of Student Pilots Eliminated from Undergraduate Pilot Training.

摘要

This report describes how students eliminated from undergraduate pilot training (UPT) perceived the circumstances leading to their elimination. The objectives of the study were: increased understanding of factors associated with UPT attrition and delineation of prime areas for training research. Personal interviews with 117 eliminees provided information on the similiarities and differences among five categories of attrition (self-initiated elimination (SIE); manifestation of apprehension (MOA); flying deficiency (FD); medical deficiency (MD) and academic deficiency (ACAD). While major problem areas were identified related to learning how to land the aircraft and with student-instructor pilot interactions, inability to acquire pilot skills is not as important a basis for elimination from UPT as are other categories of elimination, such as SIE and MOA, both of which are associated with a variety of psychological attributes. It was concluded that eliminees perceptions of training problem areas can provide useful information for training program and can suggest areas for training research. (Author)