Investigation of Pilot Flight Technology Based on Exploratory Factor Analysis

Abstract

The development of flight technology is accompanied by the synchronous evolution of aircraft technology. The mode of flight operation has changed from traditional “operation” to “monitoring, decision-making and control”. Understanding the elements of pilot flight technology can improve the effectiveness and pertinence of pilot training and safety management. This paper summarizes the literature on pilots’ flight technology from different scholars in three stages of flight development, and obtains 16 elements of pilots’ flight technology according to relevant laws and regulations. Through questionnaires of first-line pilots and quantitative analysis of pilots’ flight skills based on exploratory factor analysis, four aspects of pilots’ flight technology are obtained, flight control, information decision-making, flight monitoring and crew resource management. It provides theoretical support for improving the flight technology of civil aviation pilots and has important guiding significance for flight safety management.