This study investigated the effects of flight training on flight students’ acute stress response. An adapted version of the Trier Social Stress Test, based on the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) in civil aviation English, was used to induce acute stress in both flight-trained and control groups. Dynamic changes in heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure were compared using repeated-measures analysis of variance. The results indicated that the OPI-based paradigm effectively elicited acute stress responses, as reflected by significant fluctuations in physiological measures. Compared with the control group, the trained flight students exhibited smaller magnitudes of change in heart rate and blood pressure during the stress phase, along with a faster recovery profile. These findings suggest that flight training may be associated with a more stable cardiovascular response pattern under acute stress, potentially due to enhanced stress resilience resulting from training. This study provides physiological evidence from the aviation domain supporting the stress exposure training model and offers an empirical basis for optimizing psychological training programs for flight students. 

flight students, flight training, acute stress response, trier social stress test, stress exposure training