Aviation Research, Human Factors
How a pilot speaks may help identify cases of fatigue and sleepiness, researchers say.
Evaluation of a pilot’s speech before a flight might prove to be an accurate means of determining whether he or she is dangerously sleepy or fatigued1 and should not fly an aircraft, according to a report by a team of Brazilian researchers.2
Aviation Medicine, Human Factors, Managing Editor’s Notebook, Opinion
Opinion: In many aviation systems, a pilot with a broken leg reports unfit without hesitation,…
CRM, Human Factors, News, Opinion
Opinion: CRM yields behaviors we can observe; human factors puts those behaviors in context.
A study of U.S. helicopter air ambulance pilots on seven-day work cycles found that half…
