For three (3) very important reasons:
Our Testing has attracted considerable industry
interest by:
PABC’s Testing provides No
Fault / No Jeopardy RESEARCH DATA.
We test new hire pilots as they enter training to fly for an Air Operator (airline or business). Test results serve
as a Gap Analysis tool that identifies topics on which the New
Hire pilots in that class were NOT well prepared. Those test results are then
used to help BOTH, the pilots and their Air Operator’s instructors to improve
their mutual success in qualifying that class of pilots for Line Service.
PABC also collects demographic information from each pilot on his/her academic, flight and work background, including the
identity of their flight program provider(s). That data enables PABC to report
back to those providers on their graduates’ test results and helps Ab Initio
providers upgrade the quality and scope of their respective programs to better
prepare their future cadets.
After each test of a New Hire class, PABC sends
a 1-page document to each pilot that shows how they scored on each of the 21
topics on our test. PABC encourages each pilot to use the results to improve
their understanding of topics on which they had low scores, in order to be
better prepared when those topics are discussed in class and/or in the
simulator.
PABC calls this our "Test-Train" concept. By using
their results for study, Pilots helped make themselves better prepared when those previously
challenging topics came up in class. PABC estimates that Test-Train can
generate a 1-2% recovery of New Hire pilots who might otherwise have failed the
course. For ALL INVOLVED, that "Save" IS a
Big Deal.
As PABC test results reflect steady improvement
in cadets’ test results, that data will provide evidence that PABC’s Test-Train
concept is working to benefit all participants: Cadets, Funders, Ab Initio
Providers, Air Operators and the flying public.
At present, the industry has no other metric for assessing that change.
PABC’s testing:
And:
These two images reflect ways in which various parties benefit from this effort.