The Psychological Impact on Chinese Pilot Students During the Pandemic – The Lesson Learned

Abstract

This study was intrigued by routine onsite observation among pilot students who were concerned about the market downturn during the pandemic and career uncertainty in the post-pandemic time. The purpose of this study was to discover how COVID-19 affected pilot students and how they reacted and were accustomed to the pandemic regulations. Human Factors, psychological issues, and the status of safety culture were also surveyed. Purposive sampling was used to select two Chinese Civil Aviation Regulation (CCAR) Part 141 flight schools to participate in an online survey. The Cronbach’s alpha, and Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient were calculated. The findings exemplify the emergence of Human Factors and psychological issues, while the flight school’s safety culture remains strong. Simultaneously, the result of this study provides a reference for stakeholders at flight training institutes for coping with future similar crises.

Keywords

• Flight training
• Human factors
• Aviation Safety
• Psychological Wellbeing
• Pandemic

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