“…For example, Hunter and Thompson (1978) demonstrated the usefulness of psychomotor measures in predicting flight trairing performance. As a result, the project to develop the BAT system was initiated at the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory (AFHRL) in July 1981, as a critical part of a larger research and development (RW) program in alrcrew selection and classification (Hunter, Maurelli, & Thompson, 1977;Long & Varney, 1975;McGrevy & Valentine, 1974).…”