Predicting Undergraduate Pilot Training Upt Performance For Air Force Academy Graduates PDF Download

A previous study, Predicting Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) Performance for Air Force Academy Graduates, seemed to indicate that two factors impacting UPT performance were medical status and whether or not T-41 training was completed at the Air Force Academy. Since the original study considered only the Academy class of 1969, other classes needed to be examined to support or refute the findings. Some results based on combining as many classes as possible are as follows: The leading cause given for UPT failure for Academy graduates was flying deficiency (50%), followed by self-initiated elimination (21%) and medical deficiency (17%). For the group eventually going on to UPT, the number not having a pilot qualified (without waiver) medical status increases more than 2 1/2 times from entry to graduation from the Academy. The UPT failure rate for those with medical waivers at Academy graduation was 45% higher than that for those who were medically pilot qualified (13.5% vs 9.3%). The UPT failure rate for those who did not have T-41 training at the Academy was nearly twice that of those who did take T-41 training at the Academy (18.2% vs 9.6%). The UPT failure rate for those with a medical waiver and no T-41 training at the Academy was over 2 1/2 times higher than those who were both pilot qualified and had T-41 training at the Academy (23.2% vs 8.8%).