FAA Seeking Pilots for EAA AirVenture Study

The agency is looking for nearly 1,000 participants for the four-hour paid study measuring pilot cognitive functions.

Thursday, July 06, 2023 at 12:02 PM ET

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The FAA is soliciting pilots to participate in a paid research study to measure cognitive function in the aviator population. [FLYING archive photo]

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The FAA is looking for pilots to participate in a paid research study to measure cognitive function in the aviator population.

The study, which consists of four hours of cognitive testing, will take place at the 2023 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Tests will measure pilot performance in tasks such as working memory, attention, mental rotation, and multitasking performance, the FAA said.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.