Pilot Testing

Objective

  • Test required by FAA for medical certification of pilots and controllers with specified medical, neurologic, and psychiatric conditions (e.g., Head Injury, Alcohol Use Disorder, ADHD, HIV, etc.)
  • Evaluation of pilots with performance problems
    – Proficiency problems (Busted PC)
    – Transition training problems (727 -> 767)
  • Baseline testing
    – USAF Enhanced Flight Screen Program
    – Airline new hires
  • Pilot & astronaut selection

Features and performance

  • Normative data on Air Transport Pilots (n=1447; 23-80 years of age), General Aviation Pilots (n=208; 18-86 years of age), and Major Airline Pilots (n=584; 24-67 years of age)
  • Norm-based comparison report to assess meaningful changes with repeat testing
  • Cognitive domain-based Factor Scores
  • Assesses impact of multitasking on cognitive and psychomotor performance
  • Measures deductive reasoning under time pressure
  • Predictive of actual and simulator-based flight performance
  • Validated sensitivity to recovery of function and to aeromedically significant declines in function
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