Training is a process whereby knowledge and skills are brought together to form an experience that can be stored as an almost-automated action and reaction. In the training process, motivation is crucial because a strongly motivated trainee generally progresses more quickly and smoothly.
A trainee’s motivation can be undermined throughout training by many factors, including poor performance by the student in examinations or on a check flight, lack of standardization by the instructors, lack of training continuity, poor job prospects at the completion of training, financial concerns or difficulties during training, and lack of job security, says Arunas Miezanskas, head of training at BAA Training.
Trainees can lose the motivation if they take a short-term view of the industry and think that they are the only individuals that have ever experienced motivation-dampening factors, according to Miezanskas.
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