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Student Pilot Aptitude as an Indicator of Success in a Part 141 Collegiate Flight Training Program

McFarland, Maureen R
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492088859648498

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2017, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences.
Predicting flight training success has been well researched in military aviation yet there is limited information pertaining to general aviation. The purpose of this study was to determine if attributes of pilot performance could be used to differentiate students in a collegiate flight training program. Several pre-entry and flight training attributes were examined to see if any served as predictors of success. A general survey was administered to explore why students may or may not have chosen to remain in the flight training program and/or pursue the certified flight instructor (CFI) certificate. Finally, the Tabular Speed Test© was administered to further understand flight student population characteristics as they pertained to existing aviation selection test batteries. The participants in this study were 242 persons attending a Midwestern post-secondary institution who began and completed the private pilot flight course between the spring of 2010 and fall of 2014. Logistic regression results indicated that it was possible to predict student completion of the multi-engine flight course 73.2% of the time (X2 (7) = 23.349, p < .001). Additionally, there were several significant correlations amongst performance variables which warrant future research, such as the relationship between high school GPA to the private, instrument and commercial flight theory courses (r = .307, n= 199, p = .000, r = .367, n= 103, p = .000, and r = .219, n= 84, p = .045, respectively). In total, results indicate that development of a pilot selection battery for use in collegiate aviation may be promising.
Richard Ferdig (Committee Chair)
Bradley Morris (Committee Member)
Kristine Pytash (Committee Member)
224 p.
Education; Educational Evaluation; Educational Psychology; Transportation
student pilot; predicting student pilot performance; general aviation; part 141; pilot selection; collegiate aviation;

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  • McFarland, M. R. (2017). Student Pilot Aptitude as an Indicator of Success in a Part 141 Collegiate Flight Training Program [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492088859648498

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McFarland, Maureen. Student Pilot Aptitude as an Indicator of Success in a Part 141 Collegiate Flight Training Program . 2017. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492088859648498.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McFarland, Maureen. "Student Pilot Aptitude as an Indicator of Success in a Part 141 Collegiate Flight Training Program ." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492088859648498

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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