Selection of Air Traffic Controllers: Complexity, Requirements, and Public Interest

Abstract

The essays in this technical report represent presentations made as part of a symposium entitled Selection of Air Traffic Controllers: Complexity, Requirements, and Public Interest. The symposium was presented at the 98th Annual convention of the American Psychological Association, August 10-14, 1990, in Boston, MA. The presentations address the diverse process of valid selection for a highly demanding occupation in the career Federal civil service: the air traffic control specialist. Although the military services and a growing number of colleges and universities provide training in air traffic control, the Federal Aviation Administration has up to now maintained fairly strict and restricted access to most of the required selection and training for this highly visible job whose occupants are perceived to hold the nation's air traffic and safety in their hands. Each of the accompanying reports discusses a different component of the selection process for air traffic controllers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA238267

Entities

People

  • Carol A. Manning
  • Hilda Wing

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Applied Psychology
  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Job Analysis
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • STEM Education
  • Systems Analysis and Design