Staffing the ATM System: The Selection of Air Traffic Controllers

An insight into the new demands on controller selection. Reduces the need for experiment by descripting current practice in various countries and job-analysis requirements of future ATM systems.

Hinnerk Eissfeldt is Aviation Psychologist at the German Aerospace Center DLR, Department of Aviation and Space Psychology, responsible for the selection of air traffic controller Mike C. Heil is a Senior Scientist at American Institutes for Research (AIR) and an Adjunct Professor at American University in Washington, DC and previously at the FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute Dana Broach is a Personnel Research Psychologist at the FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute, in Oklahoma City, USA. His research focuses on personnel selection for the FAA Michelle A. Dean is currently an Assistant Professor of Management Inez Deuchert is at the DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung Academy Elizabeth Edgar is at QINETIQ Centre for Human Sciences, UK William L. Farmer is with the FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute Klaus-Martin Goeters is Head of Department of Aviation and Space Psychology at DLR German Aerospace Center in Hamburg, Germany and Board member of the European Association for Aviation Psychology Alexander Heintz is with DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung Academy Carol Manning is with the Human Factors Research Laboratory at the FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute Yvonne Pecena is with the German Aerospace Center DLR, Department of Aviation and Space Psychology in Hamburg, Germany Hermann Rathje is Manager of the 'Manpower' Sub-Programme at Eurpcontrol, Brussels, Belgium Ned S. Reese is the Manager for the Air Traffic Division of the FAA Academy, Oklahoma City, USA Craig J. Russell is J.C. Penney Chair of Business Leadership, University of Oklahoma, USA Marian J. Schuver-van Blanken is training consultant with Dutch ATC