Pilot Selection

"This book is extremely comprehensive in its scope and tackles the issue of pilot recruitment and selection from all angles. I would suggest that this book be one of the first that is read by anyone who is considering a career as an airline pilot. An excellent and comprehensive study, which deserves to be the defining text on the subject." Captain Dave Fielding, British Airways "This is a very comprehensive treatment of the topic and refreshing to see chapters on less obvious, but essential, topics such as report writing, giving feedback to applicants and ethics. . . . It should be recommended reading for pilots involved in selection, aviation psychologists, medical examiners, human factors specialists and human resource practitioners. Given the quality of the contributions, this would be a valuable source of expertise for anyone selecting staff for safety-critical positions." Royal Aeronautical Society, AEROSPACE magazine, December 2020 issue

Robert Bor, DPhil CPsychol CSci FBPsS HonFRAeS UKCP Reg EuroPsy, is a Registered and Chartered Clinical Counselling and Health Psychologist, Registered Aviation Psychologist and Co-Director of the Centre for Aviation Psychology. Carina Eriksen, MSc DipPsych CPsychol FBPsS BABCP, is an HCPC Registered and BPS Chartered Consultant Counselling Psychologist and Registered Aviation Psychologist. Todd P. Hubbard, B.A., M.S. Aeronautical Sciences, Ed.D. Applied Educational Studies in Aviation, Lt. Col. USAF (ret.), is the Clarence E. Page Professor of Human Factors research, University of Oklahoma. Ray King, Psy,D., J.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist, recently retired from the U.S. Air Force, currently with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

1. Introduction Part 1. Pilot Selection and the Selection Process 2. History of Pilot Selection 3. Selecting for Cockpit Crew 4. Selecting Personnel for Safety-Sensitive Positions: Managing Response Distortion 5. Interviewing Skills for Pilot Assessment 6. Use of the Simulator in Assessment 7. Giving Feedback to Applicants 8. Rationale for Pilot Selection 9. Airline and Operator Legal Liability for Pilots and Their Selection: Practical Issues and What Is Enough? Part 2. Assessments in the Pilot Selection Process 10. Mental Health Assessment in Employment of Aairline Pilots 11. Ability, Aptitude and Performance Assessment 12. Assessing for Mental Health Problems as Part of the Pilot Selection Process 13. Personality Disorder and Its Clinical Assessment in Aviation 14. Neurocognitive Assessment 15. Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Assessment 16. The Pilot Medical 17. Assessment Report Preparation Part 3. Selection and Training 18. Personality in Pilot Selection and Training: Is there a Right Stuff? 19. Pilot Personality in Flight Operations and Training Illusive and Intrusive or Conducive and cCnclusive? 20. Training of Aviation Psychologists 21. Ethics in Psychometric Testing for Pilot Selection 22. Recruitment Process Part 4. Pilot Selection for Special Groups 23. Assessing Helicopter Pilots 24. Expat Pilot Selection A Human Factors Perspective 25. Selection of Air Ambulance Pilots: Empathic Airmanship and the Safe Pilot 26. Selection of Aviation Maintenance Technicians 27. Aiming High: Maximizing Predictive Validity of Selection Processes for Air Traffic Controller Candidates 28. Into Space: European Astronaut Selection and Space Flight Participant Selection 29. Pilotless Aircraft Part 5. Other Pilot Selection Issues 30. After the Last Landing 31. Judgement, Decision-Making, and Intuition in the Pilot Selection Process