AHP-FCEM based core competency assessment for flight trainees

Flight training for flight trainees is an important method to ensure civil aviation safety.The core competency assessment of flight trainees is a crucial part of the construction of a pilot lifecycle management system. A multilevel evaluation framework for assessing the core competencies of flight trainees is established by combining Analytic Hierarchy Process（AHP）and Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method（FCEM）. Firstly，based on relevant research into the competencies of civil aviation practitioners，and taking into account the unique characteristics of flight trainees，a comprehensive core competency index system specifically for flight trainees is formulated. Secondly，AHP is employed to determine the relative weights of each core competency indicator，while fuzzy rules are incorporated to devise evaluation sheets tailored to various behavioral indicators. Subsequently，by integrating these weights with the fuzzy membership degrees assigned to each indicator，a multi-level fuzzy comprehensive evaluation of the flight trainees' core competencies is undertaken. Finally，utilizing flight data sourced from a particular division of a certain college of Civil Aviation Flight University of China，the validity of the proposed evaluation method is verified by comparing the outcomes of the multi-level fuzzy comprehensive evaluation against both existing evaluation methodologies and the assessment results obtained by the flight squadron.