IAF’s pilot selection process gets high-tech and ‘accurate’

New Delhi: The Indian Air  Force (IAF) will in another three years put in place a new system to select fighter pilots for its cutting edge and high performance aircraft fleet, it was announced Thursday.
The computerized mechanism developed by India’s defence scientists ‘accurately’ evaluates the multi-tasking qualities of a candidate, like psychomotor, information processing, coordination and visualisation skills, said Manas K. Mandal, director of the Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR).
The IAF and the premier Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) jointly developed the Computerised Pilot Selection System (CPSS) that took nearly 10 years to take a practical shape.
05/08/10 IANS/Calcutta Tube