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Pilot Selection
"Aiming for Selection Perfection" (Civil Aviation Training, 2001). Describes differences between selection and screening. Also talks about the major elements of a pilot selection system, and how the elements work together to identify the best candidates.
"Wise Choices" (Civil Aviation Training, 2002). Describes how a pilot selection/hiring system should be developed and issues pertaining to discrimination and bias.
"Don't Get Burned....Surviving the Hiring Minefield" (Approach, 2003). Talks about "best practices" pilot selection systems and basic legal issues involved in hiring.
"Reducing the Hiring Risk" (Approach, 2004). Talks about the liability associated with poor selection and training of pilots and the tradeoff between qualifications and training. |
Pilot Performance
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"Cockpit Task Prioritization: Jumpseat Observations" Written under contract to NASA-Ames Research Center. First published in January, 2001.
This study examines the priority of various cockpit tasks and the factors that may affect their relative priority. The dynamic nature of the flight environment makes it difficult to identify the relative priority of tasks at any given point in time using direct methods, such as questioning the pilots. The study described in this report uses an indirect method based on interruptions to infer relative task priorities and rests on the assumption that a new task can interrupt on-going tasks only if the new task has a higher priority. This report determines if common events, such as communications from air traffic control, are more likely to interrupt certain tasks than others.
"The Effect of Interruptions on Flight Crew Performance: ASRS Reports" Written under contract to NASA-Ames Research Center. First published in October, 2001.
This document describes the results of an investigation conducted on incidents involving interruptions that were submitted to the Aviation Safety Reporting System
(ASRS).
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Flight Safety Publication
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document is available only from the Flight
Safety Foundation web site,
www.flightsafety.org/fsd/fsd_febo3.pdf
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