How intelligent/smart must you be to be a pilot??

[MissKittyKat]

There are various ways to get your iq tested. OMG, I would hope pilots are intelligent, the guys I have flown with over the years are smart guys! and I knew a smart lady flying a b-727 as well! She was the smartest lady!

 

[semperfido]

go for it

http://www.iqtest.com/

 

[GVFlyer]

go for it

http://www.iqtest.com/

Fido, you are an evil man.


GV

 

[MissKittyKat]

Thanks semp! I did mine on-line just for the hell of it!

Now semp, put a christmas bow on that dog! She/he is beautiful!

 

[pilotyip]

Direct Correlation

There is direct correlation between intelligence and the ability to succeed in flying. It may not predict the motor skills to fly an airplane, but a pilot with a higher intelligence score will most likely be more successful in the Captain's seat. I reference the Navy's AQT/FAR test. A 5 is the mean score, it goes up or down 1 for each standard deviation up or down. A 6 is one std div above the mean. A 9 is 4 std devs above the norm. There is marked difference in training a pilot who has a score of 9 versus a score of 5. 8 & 9‘s seem to get the picture quicker. We give a similar test in our screening process; it has a high level of predictability of success.

 

[leardawg]

I disagree. Grab anyone at random off the street and chances are you can teach them to be a pilot. It's really not very hard to be a pilot, we just like to tell ourselves that it is to make us feel better.

This might be true with a plurality of the population, but let me tell you sometime about a few students I had. There are people whose DNA precludes them from leaving the ground under their own control!

 

[imacdog]

There is direct correlation between intelligence and the ability to succeed in flying.

Does this mean that college educated pilots stand a better chance of succeeding in flying than those with no college? Now I'm confused!

 

[semperfido]

Thanks semp! I did mine on-line just for the hell of it!

Now semp, put a christmas bow on that dog! She/he is beautiful!

he says thanks a lot, but he will stick with camo.

Fido, you are an evil man.


GV

thanks GV...coming from you I will take that as a compliment

 

[pilotyip]

imacdog, a college education does necessarily correlate to intelligence. Look at Bill Gates, no degree; look a David Neilman no degree. I have tested many college grads that score below non-grads on our entrance test. Will a college grad normally score above a non-degreed guy depends upon the guy.

 

[MissKittyKat]

The camo is nice too! Semp! I say flying requires the use of your left brain hemisphrere? Thank god f/a's dont fall into this category!

 

[semperfido]

just look at all the nimrods in the State Dept. (most of them have degrees up the wazoo) ...and they still can't tie their own shoes or scratch their __ls and chew gum at the same time.

 

[leardawg]

I've known people with college degrees who didn't know if Australia and Mexico shared a common border, and couldn't say for sure if WWII was fought in the 1940s or 1960s. Seriously!

There are some excellent colleges, but degrees are a dime-a-dozen. All it means is you spent 2 or 4 years at some institution, had your bills paid, and made a minimum effort. It really depends on the individual, and what they made of their time in college.

 

[dmspilot00]

Does this mean that college educated pilots stand a better chance of succeeding in flying than those with no college? Now I'm confused!

Education and intelligence are not the same thing.

 

[Wesb737fo]

.....we Don't Get French Benefits!

 

[leardawg]

.....we Don't Get French Benefits!

Only if you live near the Leaning Tower of Pizza next to Steely Dan's house!