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
Accident/Incident Investigation, News, Safety Standards
Mexico’s aviation safety rating has been downgraded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
Flight Deck, In-depth Feature, Safety Research
NRL-Netherlands Aerospace Centre researchers say extra sleep helps more than flight time restrictions.
Drugs are being found more often in the bodies of pilots killed in aircraft crashes, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NSTB) says. In a report released Tuesday, the NTSB…
