Pilot Decision and Operating Efficiency
Luoma, Juho (2017)
Luoma, Juho
2017
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Airline industry is a highly competitive field of business and companies are trying to achieve competitive advantages in several ways. Fuel efficiency of the fleet is becoming more and more important when reducing operational costs. Fuel efficiency of the planes however, is not the only thing that can bring operational advantage in cost savings. Inefficient operating procedures can be a major factor in cost savings, and proper training and attitudes of pilots can lead to high amounts of profit to the company just by changing the style of flying.
This thesis examines the relationship between training, attitudes and behaviour of the pilots, and efficiency of the procedures executed in flight operations. The empirical part of the research is conducted via survey sent to pilots in our chosen case company. We chose Airbus A320 pilots for our survey. A320 is one of the most common single aisle jet aircrafts in the world. The questions are designed so that they can be easily modified to be used with any other aircraft type as well.
Our survey company has wide variety of pilots with different flying backgrounds, flight experience, and training. Total answers received to survey was 69, which gives quite a large sampling of the case company. The answers were analysed with SPSS software to find out statistical significances of the answers, and to compare different answering groups. Survey includes several questions about different situations that occur during different phases of conducting a flight. Attitudes and procedures are examined with this survey as well, and recommendations against efficient flying habits are made based on the answers.
Test results indicated that pilots in our case company are quite familiar with the most efficient procedures, but still some additional training should be provided. Also attitudes against cost savings and motivations of pilots vary a lot, and tools for improving motivation is needed.
This thesis examines the relationship between training, attitudes and behaviour of the pilots, and efficiency of the procedures executed in flight operations. The empirical part of the research is conducted via survey sent to pilots in our chosen case company. We chose Airbus A320 pilots for our survey. A320 is one of the most common single aisle jet aircrafts in the world. The questions are designed so that they can be easily modified to be used with any other aircraft type as well.
Our survey company has wide variety of pilots with different flying backgrounds, flight experience, and training. Total answers received to survey was 69, which gives quite a large sampling of the case company. The answers were analysed with SPSS software to find out statistical significances of the answers, and to compare different answering groups. Survey includes several questions about different situations that occur during different phases of conducting a flight. Attitudes and procedures are examined with this survey as well, and recommendations against efficient flying habits are made based on the answers.
Test results indicated that pilots in our case company are quite familiar with the most efficient procedures, but still some additional training should be provided. Also attitudes against cost savings and motivations of pilots vary a lot, and tools for improving motivation is needed.