RAND SYMPOSIUM ON PILOT TRAINING AND THE PILOT CAREER: RECOLLECTIONS OF THE CHAIRMAN,

Abstract

The document reports on a symposium held in Santa Monica in 1970 that included Air Force officers engaged in flight training operations and in career planning, representatives of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Air Force, and a cross-section of civilian research specialists in flight training problems. Topics discussed included the economics of flight training, the flying career, college versus high school graduates, defining the trained pilot, motivation and selection, innovation in pilot training, goals of training, transfer of training, and the role of simulators.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0704889

Entities

People

  • W. A. Stewart

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aviation Personnel
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Motivation
  • Operators (Personnel)
  • Pilots
  • Simulators
  • Teaching Methods
  • Training
  • Training Devices

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Naval Personnel Management