In-flight sleep, pilot fatigue and Psychomotor Vigilance Task performance on ultra-long range versus long range flights

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 697-706

  Gander, Philippa H ^a   Signal, T Leigh ^a   van den Berg, Margo J ^a   Mulrine, Hannah M ^a   Jay, Sarah M ^b   Jim Mangie, Captain ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DELTA AIR LINES   (United States)

Author keywords

In flight sleep; Karolinska Sleepiness Scale; Pilot fatigue; Psychomotor Vigilance Task performance; Samn Perelli fatigue ratings; Ultra long range flight

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; KAROLINSKA SLEEPINESS SCALE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; RESPONSE TIME; REST; SAMN PERELLI FATIGUE RATING; SLEEP; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAKEFULNESS;

IN-FLIGHT SLEEP; KAROLINSKA SLEEPINESS SCALE; PILOT FATIGUE; PSYCHOMOTOR VIGILANCE TASK PERFORMANCE; SAMN-PERELLI FATIGUE RATINGS; ULTRA-LONG-RANGE FLIGHT;

AIR TRAVEL; ATTENTION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84887608817     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12071     Document Type: Article

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