STATISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE AERONAUTICAL AND AIR TRAFFIC STUDENTS EDUCATION AT THE FACULTY OF TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB Biljana Juricic, Jelena Bistrica, Stanislav Pavlin, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Zagreb, Croatia

INTRODUCTION Human factor is important for air-traffic safety Direct factor  pilots  air traffic controllers  mechanics Indirect factor  aeronautical engineers  tehnicians

CHARACTERISTICS OF EDUCATION Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering UNTIL 1992: general AIR TRAFFIC COURSE which lasted for 9 semesters plus a period for diploma thesis. FROM 1992: Department of Aeronautics was founded including three different courses: 1.AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL – 5 semesters 2.CIVIL PILOT – 5 semesters 3.MILITARY PILOT – 9 semesters

 Civil pilot course – flight simulator and flight training (within the Faculty's Croatian Aviation Training Centre)  Military pilot course - after five theoretical semesters the students continue their practical training at the Aviation Military Training Centre  Air Traffic Control course – ATC simulator training in the co-ordination with Croatia Control Ltd.

ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBER OF GRADUATED VS. ENROLLED STUDENTS Number of students enrolled in air traffic course and those graduated

AIR TRAFFIC COURSE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL COURSE

ANALYSIS OF THE ATC AND CIVIL PILOT STUDENTS ACCORDING TO THE GENDER Number of students enrolled in the ATC course according to the gender

ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYMENT AT AVIATION INSTITUTIONS AND FIRMS Croatia Control Ltd. Croatia Airlines Croatian major airports The total number of employees / The number of employed former students of the Faculty Percentage16,5%17,7%/

Public employment office:  35 BSc of Air Traffic  65 Air Traffic Engineers  31 Civil Pilots  5 Air Traffic Controllers

POSTGRADUATE STUDY Postgraduate studyAeronautical branchAir Traffic branch Total enrolled 6039 Total completed31