Fitness for Duty, Aviation Research, Human Factors
Researchers say long-haul pilots face a different set of sleep-related problems than their short- and medium-haul colleagues.
Pilots who fly long-haul flights and those in short- and medium-haul operations1 face different challenges in obtaining sufficient sleep and experience different sets of sleep-related problems, according to results of a study published in Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, the journal of the Aerospace Medical Association.2
Europe’s pilots say strong safety cultures haven’t halted on-the-job fatigue.
News, Fitness for Duty, Safety Culture
Half of commercial pilots surveyed say fatigue not taken seriously by carriers.
Human Factors, Threat Analysis
Common-sense recognition of everyday threats and self-auditing are first steps to making effective changes.
