title: On the relation between personality and job performance of airline pilots.
abstract: The validity of a personality questionnaire for the prediction of job success of airline pilots is compared to validities of a simulator checkflight and of flying experience data. During selection, 274 pilots applying for employment with a European charter airline were examined with a multidimensional personality questionnaire (Temperature Structure Scales; TSS). Additionally, the applicants were graded in a simulator checkflight. On the basis of training records, the pilots were classified as performing at standard or below standard after about 3 years of employment in the hiring company. In a multiple-regression model, this dichotomous criterion for job success can be predicted with 73.8% accuracy through the simulator checkflight and flying experience prior to employment. By adding the personality questionnaire to the regression equation, the number of correct classifications increases to 79.3%. On average, successful pilots score substantially higher on interpersonal scales and lower on emotional scales of the TSS.
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Hormann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maschke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000401:Aircraft / Q000295:instrumentation; D001359:Aviation; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010556:Personality Tests; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis