Components for developing the competency of commercial pilot personnel to international standards

Abstract

The purposes of the research were : 1) to study the components of developing the competency of commercial pilot personnel to meet international standards. 2) to confirm the components of developing the competency of commercial pilot personnel to international standards. The research methodology included: 1)  studying  the  variable  concerning  the  components of developing the competency of commercial pilot personnel. 2) developing  instrument  and  data  collection,  and  3)  analyzing the data  and  confirming  the  components of developing the competency of commercial pilot personnel to meet international standards. The sample and instruments used in the research include: 1) 5 specialists  and  related  persons  by  semi-structured  interviews; 2) 359  pilots  by  using  opinionnaire,  and 3)  5  specialists  by  using  opinionnaire.  The  statistics  for  analyzing  the  data  were  frequency,  percentage,  arithmetic mean,  standard  deviation,  exploratory  factor  analysis  and  content  analysis.
The  findings  of  this  research  were  as  follows: Components of developing the competency of commercial pilot personnel to meet international standards, consisting of 7 elements as follows: 1) Attitude 2) Personality  3) Skill  4) Knowledge  5) Safety behavior  6) internal motivation  and 7) risk management competency.