Are pilots at risk of accidents due to fatigue?

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-313

  Goode, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation accidents; FAA rulemaking; Fatigue; Pilot flight and duty; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; DATA REDUCTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; AVIATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AVIATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0042693239     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(03)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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