Studies of poststrike air traffic control specialist trainees: I. Age, biographic factors, and selection test performance related to academy training success.

VanDeventer, Allan D.; Collins, William E.; Manning, Carol A.; Taylor, Deborah K.; Baxter, Neale

doi:10.1037/e458082004-001

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“…As shown in Table 1, only 10.9% of the participants were above the age of 43. Although this number is not proportional to the other age groups, it is consistent with skewed age distributions of ACTSs reported by previous researchers (Cobb, 1967;Cobb et al, 1973;VanDeventer & Baxter, 1984).…”

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“…Researchers have visited the issue of Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS) age and performance many times over the past few decades (Cobb, 1968;Heil, 1999;Trites, 196l;Trites &Cobb, 1962;Schroeder, Broach, & Farmer, 1997;VanDeventer & Baxter, 1984). These researchers have consistently found a negative relationship between the age of Air Traffic Control Specialists (ATCSs) and both training success and ratings of job performance.…”

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Air traffic control specialist age and cognitive test performance

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1998

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Air traffic control specialist age and cognitive test performance

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1998

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“…The criterion measure used in the majority of previous research projects investigating the relationship between biodata and performance was FAA Academy pass or fail (Collins et al, 1990;Pierce et al, 2013;VanDeventer et al, 1983;VanDeventer et al, 1984). In the few instances where field-based performance measures were used, the definition of unsuccessful training performance was not as clearly defined as in the current research (Manning & Aul, 1992), which was among the first to use the NTD's definition of unsuccessful training performance.…”

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“…Similarly, Pierce, Williams, Broach, and Bleckley (2013) found a relationship between Academy success and candidates having ATCS experience, an instrument flight rating, and a pilot's license. Other researchers have found high school (HS) grade point average (GPA) and HS grades in mathematics and physical science (VanDeventer, Collins, Manning, Taylor, & Baxter, 1984) to predict training performance. Conversely, attending college or receiving a college degree did not predict ATCS training success.…”

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“…Previous research was based on two generations of controllers: those hired in the 1960s and 1970s and those hired following the 1981 controllers' strike (e.g., Cobb & Nelson, 1974;Collins et al, 1990;VanDeventer et al, 1984;VanDeventer, Taylor, Collins, & Boone, 1983). Even the Pierce et al (2013) study analyzed data captured from 1986-1992.…”

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Using Biodata to Select Air Traffic Controllers

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Bleckley

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Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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Biodata factors were examined as predictors of training performance for candidate air traffic control specialists (ATCSs). These factors, which have been shown to predict controller training performance in previous research, were highest educational degree achieved, grade point average both in high school overall and in high school math courses, aviation operations experience, pilot licenses held, and age. Results from logistic regression analyses were only partially supportive of previous research. Age was the most consistent (inverse) predictor of training success. Most of the other factors did not predict training success. Differences between these results and previous research might be attributed to differences in the criterion measures, samples, and generational differences. Overall, the evidence for using the assessed biodata factors for selection was weak. We suggested that a new biodata instrument be developed to assess and identify experiences to predict performance of the next generation of controllers.

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Experience-based mitigation of age-related performance declines: Evidence from air traffic control.

Nunes

Kramer

2009

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

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Previous research has found age-related deficits in a variety of cognitive processes. However, some studies have demonstrated age-related sparing on tasks where individuals have substantial experience, often attained over many decades. Here, the authors examined whether decades of experience in a fast-paced demanding profession, air traffic control (ATC), would enable older controllers to perform at high levels of proficiency. The authors also investigated whether older controllers would show diminished age-related decrements on domain-relevant cognitive abilities. Both young and old controllers and noncontrollers performed a battery of cognitive and ATC tasks. Results indicate that although high levels of experience can reduce the magnitude of age-related decline on the component processes that underlie complex task performance, this sparing is limited in scope. More important, however, the authors observed experience-based sparing on simulated ATC tasks, with the sparing being most evident on the more complex air traffic control tasks. These results suggest that given substantial experience, older adults may be quite capable of performing at high levels of proficiency on fast-paced demanding real-world tasks. The implications of these findings for global skilled labor shortages are discussed.

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Studies of poststrike air traffic control specialist trainees: I. Age, biographic factors, and selection test performance related to academy training success.

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Air traffic control specialist age and cognitive test performance

Air traffic control specialist age and cognitive test performance

Using Biodata to Select Air Traffic Controllers

Experience-based mitigation of age-related performance declines: Evidence from air traffic control.

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