Chief Pilots of Regional Airlines Perceive Basic Instrument Skills as Most Important with Respect to Need for Additional Training of Entry-level Pilots

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify areas of need for additional flight training of entry-level pilots, as perceived by chief pilots employed by regional airlines. The study used the mail-survey questionnaire method to collect data from 126 randomly selected regional airlines' chief pilots, from a population of 187 ("Regional airline," 1990, Annual). The major finding was that chief pilots perceive the most important training need of entry-level pilots to be basic instrument training (flight or simulator).