title: Pilot selection batteries:  shortcomings and perspectives.
abstract: This article presents a critical examination of pilot selection batteries.  The first part of the article focuses on two problems.  First, the vast majority of pilot selection batteries predict training performance rather than operational performance; second, the batteries have low correlations between the predictors and the criterion.  The second part of the article examines why these two problems occur.  Last, a number of suggestions for improving the predictive validity of the selection batteries are offered.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Damos
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001359:Aviation / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000592:standards*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011590:Psychology, Industrial / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011592:Psychology, Military / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States