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An ATO which is rather relaxed when it comes to complying with rules and regulations forms a young pilot. After his/her graduation, the pilot gets hired by an airline which strictly complies with all legal requirements. Which kind of behaviour can we expect from the young pilot?

  • A

    At first, he will stick to the behavioural patterns he has learned in his flight school and will then adapt to the more restrictive behaviour of his company’s pilots.

  • B

    The pilot will be overly correct when starting his new job and then gradually return to the attitude he obtained in flight training.

  • C
    He will likely never begin to strictly observe rules and procedures and develop a laissez-faire attitude.
  • D
    He will carefully make sure to comply with all legal requirements from his first day.

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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