Pilot fatigue: Relationships with departure and arrival times, flight duration, and direction

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 833-840

  Gander, Philippa H ^a   Mulrine, Hannah M ^a   van Den Berg, Margo J ^a   Smith, A Alexander T ^a   Signal, T Leigh ^a   Wu, Lora J ^a   Belenky, Gregory ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Fatigue safety performance indicators; Flight crew fatigue; Inflight sleep; Long range and ultra long range flight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EQUIPMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TIME; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84906044183     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3963.2014     Document Type: Article

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