The Airmanship and the Commercial Pilot Competency of the Commercial Aviation Students in Thailand

Abstract

This research is to study 1) the levels of Airmanship of the aviation students in Thailand 2) to study the levels of Commercial Pilot Competency of the aviation students in Thailand 3) to compare the levels of Airmanship of the aviation students, categorized by the types of aviation students 4) to compare the levels of Commercial Pilot Competency of the aviation students, categorized by the types of aviation students 5) to find the correlation between Airmanship and the Commercial Pilot Competency of the aviation students in Thailand. The sample group consisted of aviation students studying at the 3 commercial aviation schools in Thailand, using categorization in the types of the aviation students. The 278 persons in the sample group is by Krejcie and Morgan chart. Tools used are questionnaires, statistic is by mean, t-Test, pearson’s simple correlation moment product. It is found from the study that the levels of Airmanship of the aviation students are in the high levels. The levels of Commercial Pilot Competency of the aviation students are in the high levels. The comparison of the levels of Airmanship of the aviation students, categorized by the types of the students, are not different. The comparison of levels of Commercial Pilot Competency of the aviation students, categorized by the types of the students are not different. It is also found that the levels of correlation between the Airmanship and the Commercial Pilot Competency are in the high levels with statistic significant at .01, coefficient correlation .789.

Keywords: Airmanship, Commercial Pilot Competency, Aviation School