Experience-Based Mitigation of Age-Related Performance Declines: Evidence From Air Traffic Control

http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/xap15112.pdf

Ashley Nunes and Arthur F. Kramer


Older air traffic controllers can head off mid-air collisions at least as well as younger controllers, using experience to compensate for age-related declines in mental sharpness, a new study finds. The evidence that experience triumphs over the normal changes of aging could help to overturn myths about older workers that are contributing to the draining of the pool of skilled professionals.