Empirical Pre-survey of Student - Pilots’ Opinions on the Evaluation Information System

The article presents the results of empirical pre-research of the opinions of students - pilots within the framework of the preparation of a questionnaire and the creation of a software tool for the comprehensive evaluation of the performance of students - pilots of the Faculty of Aviation of the Technical University in Košice in studies and flight training, for the improvement of individual study advice. The use of the method of questionnaire, analysis, deduction, and synthesis of knowledge made it possible to verify the answers to research questions. The pre-research was carried out on a smaller sample of students – pilots, who are, however, from the target group of the Faculty of Aviation of the Technical University in Košice. The results of the pre-research confirmed that the answering instructions are understandable, the questions are formulated and understandable to the report, the questionnaire items are logically arranged, and the questionnaire is sufficiently motivating. Errors that appeared during the pilot testing of the questionnaire were eliminated. The content of the pre-research also preliminarily confirmed the need for an innovative solution to the issue of comprehensive evaluation of the performance of students – pilots, with the support of information technology.