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An ab-initio pilot attends an ATO which operates with a relaxed, non-punitive culture. The flight instructors often make minor violations in standard procedures and safety. After successfully completing training, the pilot starts to fly for a major Operator. What influence is the ATO's culture most likely to have on the pilot's behaviour when flying for the Operator?

  • A
    Regardless of his/her personality and attitude, the culture of the ATO encourages the pilot to take risks, and this behaviour is resistant to change with time.
  • B
    The attitude and behaviour of the pilot at first will reflect the culture of the ATO, but will change with time to the more disciplined environment of the Operator.
  • C
    The culture of the ATO has very little or NO influence on the behaviour of the pilot because he/she has successfully completed the training.
  • D
    The pilot, on completion of training, will disregard the culture of the ATO and immediately change to a more disciplined type of behaviour.

As many others, this question is quite debatable as it really depends on the personality of the individual.

Generally speaking, young pilots will tend to learn by imitation (modelling) which means that their change in behaviour is triggered by observing that behaviour and its consequences in others. Therefore, if the young pilot’s school is quite relaxed when it comes to following rules and complying with regulations, this is the sort of behaviour that we can expect from the student pilot.

We can predict that, initially, the young pilot will display the behaviour adopted at the ATO. However, he/she will soon realise that that is now not desirable behaviour. It is then expected that he/she will gradually adjust his/her attitudes to that of his/her new role models (captains/colleagues).

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