A Model to Analyze the Capacity of Pilot Training Production

Abstract

A worldwide shortage for pilots combined with an increasing global demand for air transportation has left the United StatesAir Force 10 short of required pilot manning numbers. Air Education and Training Command (AETC) is working hard onthe front line to increase training capacity; however, the complexity of the training process has made it difficult to smooth theflow. Review of literature on pilot production, organizational management, and queueing yielded the need to model the pilotproduction process to better understand the relationship between sub-programs. This model examines the variables of thetraining pipeline and helps determine some of the limiting factors that constrain capacity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1106528

Entities

People

  • Derek J Colbath

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Transportation
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Attrition
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Training
  • Governments
  • Instructors
  • Law
  • Military Pilots
  • Personnel Management
  • Pilots
  • Production
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Economics