The article presents the characteristics of psychological predictors of the readiness of civil aviation personnel to counter terrorist threats. An analysis of the existing practice of training civil aviation personnel is presented, the need to introduce into the educational process of training aviation personnel a system of psychological and pedagogical support for aviation personnel in the process of professional training to counter terrorist threats, which will be focused on increasing the psychological readiness of future specialists in the field of countering terrorism and extremism, is substantiated. The importance of training aviation personnel in profiling technology in the system of psychological and pedagogical support for the training of specialists is emphasized.