ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To study the related factors of emotional stability in flight. METHOD: Based on the operable definition of emotional stability in flight and the related literature review, 63 experienced pilots and flight coaches were investigated and the other-rating questionnaire of emotional stability in flight was established. To test the senior nerve system, Uchida Kraeplin (UK) test was administrated on 153 19-21 years old male student pilots of the second grade in the department of flight technique in China Civil Aviation College, who were selected through 13 h flight, 35 h solo flight, and acted as the standardization group. In the end, the correlation was explored between the testing results and their emotional behavioral characteristics in flight. RESULT: Significant positive correlation was found between emotional feature indexes of emotional stability in flight and excitability in UK test. CONCLUSION: The excitability in UK test are good predictors for emotional stability in flight.
