The peculiarities of assessing the psychophysiological traits of military pilots when exercising periodic control of their professionally important qualities

Abstract

Annotation. The paper presents the results of statistical calculations of psychophysiological examinations of 80 military pilots and flight navigators with different levels of suitability for flight performance. The authors analyze the effects of the temporal factor (after the vacation leave) on the psychophysiological qualities of military pilots, other indices of individual typological and psychodynamic qualities which prove to be the indicator of the possibilities of man’s adaptation to the conditions of the task performance. With respect to investigating the above possibilities, we have determined the time period for carrying out their assessment with the aim of determining reasonably the level of the military pilot professional suitability. This makes it possible to timely prevent the negative changes in the state of health and professionally important qualities of pilots in order to support and rehabilitate their readiness for performing the tasks assigned. When carrying out the investigation we managed to take into account the external criteria of success rate in performing the professional duties of pilots: the efficiency of professional activities, the pilot’s qualification and total flight hours. The authors also reveal the difference in the correlation of psychophysiological functions in pilots suitable and unsuitable for performing their professional duties. The authors suggest the up-to-date methodical approaches to monitoring the psychophysiological qualities with the aim of the further development on this basis the criteria for the professional suitability of the pilot. Special solution rules of determining the level of suitability of military pilots for performing their professional duties are developed.