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Selecting for Air Traffic Control: The State of the Art

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In developing a selection system for air traffic controllers — or any occupation, for that matter — considerations do not stop with selecting predictors. The paper presented at this conference by Della Rocca, Manning, and Wing (1991) briefly described the present political climate in which selection occurs in the United States, as well as the technical support for procedures the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) uses to select air traffic controllers. This paper will be more theoretical, or, at least, less empirical and more thoughtful, about the concepts personnel psychologists are currently using in evaluating selection systems.

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  1. Staffing Policy Division, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C., USA

    Hilda Wing

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  1. Center for Aviation/Aerospace Research, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 32114-3900, Daytona Beach, FL, USA

    John A. Wise

  2. RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine, GU14 6SZ, Farnborough, Hampshire, UK

    V. David Hopkin

  3. Airway Science Simulation Laboratory, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 32114-3900, Daytona Beach, FL, USA

    Marvin L. Smith

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Wing, H. (1991). Selecting for Air Traffic Control: The State of the Art. In: Wise, J.A., Hopkin, V.D., Smith, M.L. (eds) Automation and Systems Issues in Air Traffic Control. NATO ASI Series, vol 73. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76556-8_38

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