Date of Award
January 2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Economics & Finance
First Advisor
Cullen Goenner
Abstract
In 2014, the USAF reduced its personnel by approximately 20,000. One of the areas hit hardest by the cuts were the faculty at the USAF C-17 formal training unit, where students are trained to fly the C-17 transport plane. Due to the reduction in forces, faculty staffing dropped by 30% though the number of students remained the same. Air-to-air refueling during the Pilot Checkout Course is the most commonly failed syllabus event. When a student fails to progress on a syllabus event, it requires additional instructor, simulator, and aircraft resources. In an effort to reduce the amount of failures and improve efficiency, the faculty collected data relating to how students prepared for the air refueling required for the course and applied theories on learning to analyze how number of repetitions, time between practices, and demographic factors influenced a student’s ability to progress on every flight.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Richard, "Factors Affecting Unsatisfactory Performance During Air-To-Air Refueling In The C-17 Pilot Checkout Course" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 1835.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/1835