ADAPTABITY SCREENING OF FLYING PERSONNEL Preliminary Analysis and Validation of Criteria of Adoptability to Military Flying

摘要

Factor analyses of a large number of criterion measures collected during primary pilot training on a sample of aviation cadets yielded seven factors: Military Aptitude, Ability, Petsonal Adjustment, Flying Performance, Age, Military Conformity, and Educability. Examination of the relationships between a post training criterion measure, derived from information in the subjects’ AF Form 66, and numetical estimates of the factors and three experimental adaptability selection tests indicated that the majority of the training level criterion measures and experimental tests could predict estimates of post training effectiveness.