Research on a post-competency model of civil aviation flight cadets

ABSTRACT

The initial evaluation index system of civil aviation flight cadets’ competency was established using NVivo version 11.0 through qualitative analysis. The competency evaluation index system of civil aviation flight cadets was determined using questionnaire surveys and SPSS version 26.0, and includes four dimensions – core quality, ethical discipline, psychological quality and leadership – and another 23 indexes. The competency model was constructed using AMOS version 23.0 through factor analysis and a structural equation model, and the weight coefficient of each index at all levels was finally determined. The results showed that self-confidence and optimism, attention distribution and situational awareness are the three most important indicators affecting the competency of civil aviation flight cadets. Therefore, the model can provide references for the scientific evaluation of civil aviation flight cadets’ competence and provide support for airlines and colleges to train flight cadets.

KEYWORDS:

• Civil aviation
• flight cadets
• competency
• grounded theory
• structural equation model

Acknowledgements

This article is sponsored by the 2021 General Project of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tianjin Education Committee ‘Reformation and Research on Competency-based Training Model of Civil Aviation Flight Talents’ and the authors express gratitude to the Tianjin Education Committee. In addition, special thanks to Wang Shuaiwei and Zhao Xinxin for their help in the language polishing of the article. The authors would also like to thank the pilots and flight cadets who participated in the preliminary survey.

Statement

When conducting a questionnaire survey, this article takes respect for the subjects as the first principle, and expounds the research purpose, research process and related research risks in detail to the subjects. During the investigation, the personal information security of the subjects was guaranteed for anonymous submission; the subjects were informed that the collected data would be kept confidential and deleted at the end of the survey. At the same time, all the subjects voluntarily clicked on the questionnaire link to participate in the survey. Finally, the authors ensured that the questionnaire collection process and data processing process met the relevant legal requirements. Therefore, this article does not require ethics committee approval.

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Funding

This work was supported by sponsored by 2021 General Project of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tianjin Education Committee, ‘Reformation and Research on Competency-based Training Model of Civil Aviation Flight Talents’, Tianjin Municipal Education Commission [2021SK027].