Pilot fatigue in short-haul operations: Effects of number of sectors, duty length, and time of day

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 698-701

  Powell, David M C ^a,c   Spencer, Mick B ^b   Holland, David ^a   Broadbent, Elizabeth ^c   Petrie, Keith J ^c  

^a Medical Unit   (New Zealand)

^b University of Auckland ^*

^c Air New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Fatigue; Short haul; Time of day; Work hours

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE PILOT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; WORK CAPACITY;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34447254275     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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