Cognitive aging and flight performances in general aviation pilots.

Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn

INSERM, Imagerie Cérébrale et Handicaps Neurologiques UMR 825, Toulouse, France.

Published: September 2011

Unlike professional pilots who are limited by the FAA's age rule, no age limit is defined in general aviation. Our overall goal was to examine how age-related cognitive decline impacts piloting performance and weather-related decision-making. This study relied on three components: cognitive assessment (in particular executive functioning), pilot characteristics (age and flight experience), and flight performance. The results suggest that in comparison to chronological age, cognitive assessment is a better criterion to predict the flight performance, in particular because of the inter-individual variability of aging impact on cognitive abilities and the beneficial effect of flight experience.

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