Fatigue in two-pilot operations: Implications for flight and duty time limitations

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1047-1050

  Powell, David ^a   Spencer, Mick B ^a   Holland, David ^a   Petrie, Keith J ^b  

^a Medical Unit   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Duty time limitations; Pilots; Time of day; Work hours

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SAMN PERELLI FATIGUE RATING; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 55249126602     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2362.2008     Document Type: Article

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