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RELATING PERSONALITY WITH STRESS COPING STRATEGIES AMONG STUDENT PILOTS IN A COLLEGIATE FLIGHT TRAINING PROGRAM Tracy G. Dillinger, Douglas A. Wiegmann, and Narinder Taneja University of Illinois, Aviation Human Factors Division Savoy, Illinois Aviation psychologists have long been interested in studying the personality characteristics of successful and safe pilots. To date, much of the research on pilot personality has involved the use of military aircrew. Few studies have examined the role of personality in civil aviation pilots’ performance and stress coping during flight training. Therefore, little is known about the personality profiles of commercial and general aviation pilots, or the relationship between personality dimensions and the use of different strategies for dealing with flight-related stressors. Given the recurrent cutbacks in the U.S. military, an increasing number of commercial pilots in the U.S. are now being trained and recruited from the private sector rather than