A Thought on the Flight Training of the Students in Department of Flight Operation under COVID-19

Abstract

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has wide spread to aviation. This study was conducted to find out the perception of flight training for student pilots in the flight training center in a university with COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: It analyzed through qualitative research by aviation subject matter experts in Korea. Results: The advantages of COVID-19 were the increased flight training opportunities due to significant decrease of aircraft operations in the airports, reduced ground school hours due to Social Distancing concerns of infection, difficulty in communication due to wearing masks, difficulty in purchasing parts for the maintenance, deterioration of skills due to reduced face to face class hours, and laxity in lifestyle were found. Conclusion: It was analyzed that the longer the corona pandemic, the lower the motivation of students due to uncertainty in the job market.

Keywords

• covid-19 pandemic
• safety management system
• infection environment