More Airmen Are Graduating Pilot School Thanks to Mental Toughness Training

Summary

KEY POINTS:

1. Stress severely reduces performance in tasks requiring complex or flexible thinking.
2. In previous generations of Air Force pilot training, there was no formal education on how to manage stress.
3. Air Force has now implemented Comprehensive Readiness for Aircrew Flying Training (CRAFT) to assist students.

References

• Media Check: Air & Space Forces Magazine - About (HIGH CREDIBILITY) 
• Collections | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
• ADDITIONAL READING RAAF RUNWAY (PME)
• RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC.