Abstract:
Training attitudes and airline pilots’ specific learning experiences are antecedents, which affect
human behavior on the flight deck in various ways. This article reports on the development and
psychometric evaluation of a scale to assess aviators’ perceptions of the training environment associated
with technologically complex advanced aircraft. A sample of 229 airline pilots provided data
to explore the latent structure of the hypothesized research construct. Principal axis factor analysis
produced a 3-factor model consisting of organizational professionalism, intrinsic motivation,
and individual control of training outcomes, with highly acceptable Cronbach’s alpha reliability
coefficients.
