Human Factors and Analysis of Aviation Education Content of Military Pilots

Abstract

Aviation education is a complex pedagogical process, which we perceive as a didactic system for the creation of personnel competencies to perform aviation professions. Increasing the quality of education requires effective use of the experience and needs of aviation practice. The aim of the article is to examine the content of aviation education of military pilots at the selected institutions from 1973 to the present using the analysis for the quality teaching process and the interaction of edutants (human factors) teachers and students. The article is the first part of the study on the issue of aviation education, which answers the question of strengths and weaknesses, risks and opportunities for quality content. The result is knowledge applicable in the creation of content for new study programs of the Faculty of Aeronautics of the Technical University in Košice.