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
A study links flawed decision-making to more than half of all U.S. fatal crashes involving private pilots in single-engine airplanes.
A Dutch study says a midnight dose of 300 mg of caffeine can help pilots ward off sleepiness.
Accident/Incident Investigation, Human Factors, News
After an unstable approach and a ground air brake failure, the G150 overran the runway, the NTSB says.
