TY - JOUR
T1 - Pilot source study
T2 - An analysis of pilot backgrounds and subsequent success in US regional airline training programs
AU - Smith, Guy M.
AU - Bjerke, Elizabeth
AU - NewMyer, David A.
AU - Niemczyk, Mary
AU - Hamilton, Raymond A.
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - The 2010 Pilot Source Study, commissioned to research the success of pilots in initial training for Part 121 operations, analyzed the training performance of 2,156 new-hire pilots in the years 2005-2009. Six regional airlines provided data that was mined from human resource and pilot training files. Five university researchers independently analyzed the data and integrated their results. The study expressed success in terms of fewer extra training events and fewer non-completions in regional airline training. Statistically, the best performing pilots were those who had flight instructor certificates, graduated from collegiate accredited flight programs, received advanced (post-Private) pilot training in college, graduated with collegiate aviation degrees (any aviation discipline), and had between 500 and 1,000 pre-employment flight hours. Pilot source characteristics that had no significance in regional airline pilot training success were: having a non-aviation college degree and having prior corporate pilot or airline pilot experience.
AB - The 2010 Pilot Source Study, commissioned to research the success of pilots in initial training for Part 121 operations, analyzed the training performance of 2,156 new-hire pilots in the years 2005-2009. Six regional airlines provided data that was mined from human resource and pilot training files. Five university researchers independently analyzed the data and integrated their results. The study expressed success in terms of fewer extra training events and fewer non-completions in regional airline training. Statistically, the best performing pilots were those who had flight instructor certificates, graduated from collegiate accredited flight programs, received advanced (post-Private) pilot training in college, graduated with collegiate aviation degrees (any aviation discipline), and had between 500 and 1,000 pre-employment flight hours. Pilot source characteristics that had no significance in regional airline pilot training success were: having a non-aviation college degree and having prior corporate pilot or airline pilot experience.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79953058495&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=79953058495&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79953058495
SN - 1546-3214
VL - 10
SP - 73
EP - 96
JO - International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies
JF - International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies
IS - 1
ER -