title: [The validity of a psychological selection procedure for aerospace operators].
abstract: The validity of a psychological selection system for highly qualified aerospace operators is examined. Of 399 student airline pilots recruited with this procedure, 349 (88%) completed the flight training successfully. Multivariate statistical data analyses on the basis of the criteria training success (pass/fail) and instructor's ratings resulted in acceptable validity coefficients. Whereas tests of psychomotor coordination and multiple task performance proved to be significant predictors for the training success as a whole, such characteristics as mathematical reasoning, mental concentration, perceptual speed and spatial orientation were more related to the instructor's ratings. The significance of psychological aptitude testing for the efficiency of man/machine interactions is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DFVLR), Abt. Luft- und Raumfahrtpsychologie, Hamburg, FRG.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maschke
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Hormann
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis