
Simplified Vigilance Metrics
Russian scientists propose an alternative method to predict individual pilots’ fatigue on long-haul airline flights.
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Russian scientists propose an alternative method to predict individual pilots’ fatigue on long-haul airline flights.
by Nadezhda V. Yakimovich, Eleanora I. Surina, Igor G. Gorodetsky and Vladimir V. Chironov
Fitness for Duty, Human Factors
Researchers find reports of pilot depression vary according to gender and cultural influences.
by Linda Werfelman
Aviation Week’s John Croft discusses how the holes in the Swiss cheese can line up if the pilot isn’t careful. Visit here to read.
by Aviation Week
Hearing — and understanding — the spoken word is crucial to safe flight.
by Dale Wilson
Cognitive limitations in human perception, attention, memory and decision making play a role in many aviation accidents.
by Dale Wilson
Fatigue, Aviation Research, Human Factors
Researchers say long-haul pilots face a different set of sleep-related problems than their short- and medium-haul colleagues.
by Linda Werfelman
Fitness for Duty, Aviation Research, Human Factors
Research fails to identify ways of predicting or preventing pilot suicides and murders.
by Linda Werfelman
Fitness for Duty, Human Factors
Safety specialists inevitably struggle to comprehend murder and/or suicide attributed to a flight crewmember.
by Thomas R. Anthony