IFTC Hosts MOLLYMAWK Psychometrics

IFTC hosts MOLLYMAWK psychometrics, online assessment of basic skills and aptitudes as objective predictors of pilot performance.

MOLLYMAWK psychometrics is a battery of internet-based tests aiming at specific skills and aptitudes that are predictors of a person's performance as an airline pilot. Flight operations can save huge amounts of money when they employ applicants who possess beneficial characteristics. Furthermore the safety level is increased considerably if only persons with a certain potential are selected. Among the best predictors of flight training as well as airline performance are spatial orientation, time sharing ability, working memory, logical/mathematical reasoning and understanding of basic scientific concepts.

The director of MOLLYMAWK psychometrics, Melina Rauch, worked for more than ten years at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). During this time she has developed, implemented and executed assessment methods for various flight operations in Germany, Turkey and the Middle East. In 2009 she left DLR and founded MOLLYMAWK psychometrics. Melina Rauch is an Aviation Psychologist certified by the European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP).

One of the most significant advancements of the MOLLYMAWK test battery is not only the web-based technology but especially the preparation procedure for the test takers: They train with original test material thus ensuring that all of them have the same - optimum - preparation level. Another important feature is the ownership of the data. Test takers who undergo a typical airline recruitment scheme receive no written test results. At MOLLYMAWK psychometrics the test taker is the owner of his/her test results - regardless whether these results were obtained during an airline's pilot selection scheme or by individual request. Detailed certificates are issued and can be distributed by the test taker himself/herself, just like a language or other certificate.

Unlike simulator performance the results in MOLLYMAWK psychometrics are independent of flight experience. In other words, a person with zero flight hours but good potential may achieve maximum test scores. This is one of the reasons why professional assessment tools like these are such valuable elements in airline selection schemes where candidates have varying flight hours and type experience. At the same time this factor is especially important for those young men and women who have no license yet but dream of becoming a pilot. They can make sure - even before their first flight hour - that they possess essential basic skills and aptitudes, which justifies their investment of time, effort and money.

If you are interested in acquiring certificates from MOLLYMAWK psychometrics at IFTC, get your test package from www.mollymawk.de and contact us for an exam slot.