Aviator selection: A special issue of the International Journal of Aviation Psychology (1996). Koonce, J.M. (Guest Editor), 6(2). The social and economic aspects of the aviation arena require that the selection of optimal pilot training candidates include not only those who will pass the flight training program, but also those who will have the greatest likelihood of success in their aviation careers. This special issue presents six articles on pilot selection, providing insight into each of the three major areas of piloting: general, military, and commercial aviation. Topics discussed include pilot training and aptitude, behavioral and cognitive aspects of pilot tests, and the reliability and accuracy of these tests. Also included is a critical overview of the current state of pilot selection, suggestions for improvement, and anticipated future needs in the selection of pilots. Paper titles: The Central Role of g in Military Pilot Selection; Review of Psychomotor Testing in Pilot Selection Research; Validation of the Cathay Pacific Airways Pilot Selection Program; On the Relation Between Personality and Job Performance of Airline Pilots; Psychological Testing and Pilot Licensing; Pilot Selection Batteries: Shortcomings and Perspectives.

Applied aviation psychology: Achievement change and challenge (1996). Low, A.R., Hayward, B.J. (Editors). Ashgate Publishing Company, 490p.

Outline of neuropsychiatry in aviation medicine II (1996). McGlohn, S.E., King, R.E., & Patterson, J.C. AL/AO TR-1996-0003. Washington DC, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Cognitive assessment of USAF pilot training candidates: Multidimensional aptitude battery and cogscreen-aeromedical edition (1996). Callister, J.D., King, R.E., & Retzlaff, P.D. (AL/AO-TR-1995-0125). Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Medical guidelines for air travel (1996). Air Transport Medicine Committee of the Aerospace Medical Association. Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, 67(10), Section II.

Human factors on the flightdeck: The influence of national culture (1996). Merritt, A.C., & Helmreich, R.L. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 27(1), 5-24.

U.S. Air Force pilot selection tests: What is measured and what is predictive? (1996). Carretta, T.R., & Ree, M.J. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, 67(3), 279-283.

Aircrew fatigue monitoring during sustained flight operations from Souda Bay, Crete, Greece (1996). Stoner, J.D. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, 67(9), sec 1. 863-866.

The initial signs and symptoms of altitude decompression sickness (1996). Ryles, M.T., & Pilmanis, A.A. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, 67(10), sec. 1. 983-989.

A ten-year overview of USAF F-16 mishap attributes from 1980-89 (1995). Holland, D.A., and Freeman, J.E. In: Proceedings of The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting, San Diego CA, 30-34.

Effects of jet engine noise and performance feedback on perceived workload in a monitoring task (1995). Becker, A.B., Warm, J.S., Dember, W.N., & Hancock, P.A. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 5, 49-62.

Neuropsychiatrically enhanced flight screening (N-EFS): A pilot baselining and validation effort (1995). Callister, J.D., King, R.E., Lanier, D.C., & Etterle, P. 8th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, OH.

The United States Air Force psychologist's role in aircraft mishap prevention and investigation (1995). Sipes, W.E., & King, R.E. 8th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, OH.

Air Force pilot training completion and retention: A ten year follow-up on psychological testing (1995). Retzlaff, P.E., King, R.E., & Callister, J.D. AL/AO TR-1995-0124. Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Fatigue in operational settings: Examples from the aviation environment (1994). Rosekind, M.R., Gander, P.H., Miller, D.L., Gregory, K.B., Smith, R.M., Weldon, K.J., Co, E.L., McNally, K.L., & Lebacqz, J.V. Human Factors, 36(2), 327-338.

Human factors in incident reporting (1993). Jones, S.G. In R.S. Jensen (Ed.), Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (pp. 567-572). Columbus, OH, Ohio State University.

Flight stress: Stress & fatigue in aviation (1993). Stokes, A.F., Kite, K. Publisher: Avbery Technical (UK), 200p. This book is a text on stress and human behavior, using examples and accident reports from aviation to link research findings to the "real world." The book is critical of many received opinions about stress and performance, and queries the usefulness of the Yerkes-Dodson "Law," Life Stress questionnaires, stimulus-based models of stress, the "General Adaptation Syndrome" and other recurring conventions of the stress literature.

Stress & error in aviation (1991). Farmer, E. Proceedings of the 18th WEAAP Conference Series., Vol. 2, Ashgate Publishing Company,176p.

Human factors for pilots (2nd ed.)(1991). Green, R., Muir, H., James, M., Grandwell, D. (Editors). Ashgate Publishing Co., 160p.

Stress and human factors in flight crew operations (1987). Hancock, P.A. In: Proceedings of the Annual International Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium, 4, 17-25.

Mood, sleep, and fatigue effects in flight operations (1986). Chidester, T.R. In: Proceedings of Psychology in the Department of Defense, USAFA-TR-86-1, April 16-18, USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, 289-293.

Stress and fatigue effects on aircrew (1985). Hancock, P.A. In: Proceedings of the Second Annual International Symposium on Aircraft Cabin Safety, 2, 265-273.

• Aviation Crew & Automation Interface

National culture and flightdeck automation (submitted for publication) Sherman, P.J. & Helmreich, R.L. & Merritt, A.C. (available on the internet at http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/helmreich/NASAUT.html).

Automation and human performance (1996). Parasuraman, R. & Mouloua, M. (Editors). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Attitudes toward automation: The effect of national culture (1996). Sherman, P.J. & Helmreich, R.L. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, April 24-27, 1995: Columbus, Ohio, 882-687.

Common issues in human factors and automation use: Data from line audits at three airlines (1996). Helmreich, R. L., Hines, W. E., & Wilhelm, J. A. NASA/University of Texas/FAA Technical Report 96-1. Austin, TX.

Control in the cockpit: crews vs. computers (1996). Ropelewski, R. Aerospace America, August issue, 28-33.

Performance, workload, and fatigue changes associated with automation (1995). Harris, W.C., Hancock, P.A., Arthur, E., & Caird, J.K. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 5, 169-185.

At the intersection of automation and culture (1995). Sherman, P.J. & Wiener, E.L. Earth Space Review, 4(1), 11-13.

Impact of automation on aircrew communication and decision-making performance (1995). Bowers, C., Deaton, J., Oser, R., Prince, C., et al. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 5(2), 145-167.

Preliminary identification of factors causing pilots to disconnect the flight management systems in glass cockpits (1995). Galante, G.T. Transportation Research Record in 1480 Jul 1995. p 17-24.

'From tool to agent': the evolution of (cockpit) automation and its impact on human-machine coordination (1995). Sarter, N.B., Woods, D.D. In: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Part 1 (of 2) vol. 1, 79-83.

Accidents direct focus on cockpit automation (1995, Jan 30,) Hughes, D., Dornheim, M.A. Aviation Week & Space Technology ,142(5), 52-54.

Pilot interaction with cockpit automation: II. An experimental study of pilots' model and awareness of the flight management system (1994). Sarter, N.B., Woods, D.D. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 4(1), 1-28.

Flightcrew perspectives on automation: A cross-cultural perspective (1994). Helmreich, R.L. & Sherman, P.J. In: Proceedings of the 7th ICAO Flight Safety and Human Factors Regional Seminar, Oct. 18-21, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 442-453.

Cognitive and social psychological issues in flight crew/automation interaction (1994). Mosier, K.L., Skitka, L.J., & Korte, K.J. In: M. Mouloua, & R. Parasuraman (Editors), Proceedings of the First Automation Technology and Human Performance Conference. Washington, DC.

The impact of automation on crew communication and performance (1993). Bowers, C., Deaton, J., Oser, R., Prince, C., & Kolb, M. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Columbus, OH.

• Crew Resource Management (CRM)

Cultural issues in crew resource management training (in press). Helmreich, R.L., & Merritt, A.C. In: Proceedings of the ICAO Global Human Factors Seminar (pp. 141-148). Auckland, New Zealand, April 9-12, 1996.

Human factors and national culture (in press). Helmreich, R.L., Merritt, A.C., & Sherman, P.J. ICAO Journal.

Facing the issue: Indirect communication in aviation (in press). Merritt, A.C. In: Proceedings of the Third Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium, Sydney, November 20-24, 1995.

CRM: I hate it, what is it? (Error, stress, and culture) (in press). Merritt, A.C. Orient Airlines Association Air Safety Seminar, Jakarta, Indonesia, April 1996.

CRM in 1995: Where to from here? (in press). Merritt, A.C., & Helmreich, R.L. In: Proceedings of the Third Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium, Sydney, Nov. 20-24, 1995.

Creating and sustaining a safety culture: Some practical strategies (in press). Merritt, A.C., & Helmreich, R.L. In: Proceedings of the Third Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium, Sydney, Nov. 20-24, 1995.

Culture in the cockpit: A multi-airline study of pilot attitudes and values (1996). Merritt, A.C., & Helmreich, R.L. In: Proceedings of the 8th Ohio State Symposium on Aviation Psychology, April 24-27, 1995: Columbus, Ohio, 676-681.

Commercial pilot selection and training: Some global cultural considerations (in press). Merritt, A.C. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Group of the Royal Aeronautical Society Conference, London, England, October 12, 1995.

CRM: Where are we today? (1995). Helmreich, R.L., & Taggart, W. In: Proceedings of the CRM Industry Update Workshop. Seattle, WA, September 12-13, l995.

Aviation computer games for crew resource management training (1993). Baker, D., Prince, C., Shrestha, L., Oser, R., & Salas, E. The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 3, 143-156.

Cockpit resource management (1993). Wiener, E.L., Kanki, B.G. and Helmreich, R.G. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Aircrew coordination: Achieving teamwork in the cockpit (1992). Prince, C., Chidester, T. R., Cannon-Bowers, J. A., & Bowers, C. A. In R. W. Swezey & E. Salas (Editors), Teams: Their Training and Performance, (pp. 329-353). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Culture fairness of test methods: problems in the selection of aviation personnel (1991). Fassbender. In Proc. 6th Int. Symp. on Aviation Psychology (Edited by R. S. Jensen), pp. 1160-1168. Ohio State University. Columbus, OH.

Outcomes of crew resource management training (1991). Helmreich, R.L., & Wilhelm, J.A. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 1(4), 287-300.

Pilot personality and crew coordination: Implications for training and selection (1991). Chidester, T.R., Helmreich, R.L., Gregorich, S.E. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 1(1), 25-44.

The structure of cockpit management attitudes (1990). Gregorich, S.E., Helmreich, R.L., & Wilhelm, J.A. Journal of Applied Psychology, 75(6), 682-690.

Group interaction and flight crew performance (1988). Foushee, C. and Helmreich, R.L. In: Human Factors in Aviation (Edited by E. L. Wiener & D. C. Nagel). Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Group-level issues in the design and training of cockpit crews (1987). Hackmann. In: Cockpit Resource Management Training. NASA Conference Publication 2455 (Edited by H. W. Orlady and H. C. Foushee), pp. 23-39. NASA, Washington, DC.

Selection for optimal crew performance: relative impact of selection and training (1987). Chidester, R. In: Proc. 4th Symp. on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, OH, 1987 (Edited by R.S. Jensen). Ohio University Press, Columbus, OH.

Team research and team training: a state-of-the-art review (1984). Dyer. In: Human Factors Review (Edited by F. Muckler), pp. 285-323. Human Factors Society, Santa Monica, CA.

Dyads and triads at 35,000 feet: factors affecting group process and aircrew performance (1984). Foushee, C. American Psychology, 39, 886-893.

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