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CAA Project I
May, 1947

INTERVIEWERS GUIDE
For Use During
COMPANY CHECK PILOT and
CSS EXAMINER INTERVIEWS

QUESTION #1: "First, we would like to draw on your experience as a check pilot to get examples of what pilots do on check rides. Would you think back on the last pilot you failed on a check ride and tell me exactly what he did which caused you to fail him."

DESIRED INFORMATION: 1. Specific behavior of the pilot.
2. Most recent incident of pilot failure.
3. Conditions: location, traffic, weather, instrument of contact, day or night, etc.
4. Type of Airplane.
5. Equipment involved in incident.

QUESTION #1a: "With your experience checking so many pilots you probably have thought a lot about why they do such things. In that situation you just told me about, why did that pilot do that?"

DESIRED INFORMATION: 1. Specific reasons for unsafe acts.

QUESTION #2: "Now, I would like for you to recall the last time you had to take over the controls from a pilot you were checking because you felt the situation was pretty critical. Could you describe the situation and tell me just what the pilot did or might have done if you hadn't taken over?"

DESIRED INFORMATION: 1. Specific behavior of pilots.
2. Most recent times he took over controls.
3. Conditions: location, traffic, weather, instrument or contact, day or night, etc.
4. Type of airplane.
5. Equipment involved in incident.

QUESTION #3: "When you check a pilot, what are the things you particularly look for which you feel differentiate a good airline pilot from a poor one?"

QUESTION #4: "If you ran an airline and had the problem of keeping check on whether captains were doing a good job, how would you do it?"

DESIRED INFORMATION: 1. Specific suggestions for improving present methods of captain-evaluation.
2. Attitudes towards present methods of captain-evaluation.