A Simple Way For Pilots To Combat Aviation Fatigue
Unsolved Issues: Part V, Amber Berlin To read Part 1, click here, Part 2, click here, Part 3, click here, and Part 4, click here. Are you tired? Maybe you need a nap. Naps decrease the homeostatic drive for sleep by reducing the number of hours continuously awake, which results in a greater ability to focus. […]
Looking at Stress and Fatigue in Aviation
Unsolved Issues: Part IV, Amber Berlin To read Part 1, click here, Part 2, click here and Part 3, click here. Think you wouldn’t drink and fly a plane? You might be doing something similar without even realizing it. This article reveals the exact hour limit when your long day becomes intoxicating, and why you wouldn’t […]
Working to Address The Problem of Fatigue in Pilots
Unsolved Issues: Part 3, Amber Berlin To read Part 1, click here, and to read Part 2, click here. In order to achieve a viable solution for fatigue in pilots, we must consider the current beliefs, opinions, and assumptions in the science of fatigue and fatigue management. There is a general consensus in the scientific […]
Fatigue in Aviation: Countermeasures That Are Ignored
Unsolved Issues: Part 2, Amber Berlin To read Part 1, click here. According to Wells and Rodriguez, the majority of fatalities in aviation are due to commercial flights on final approach-and-landing, which experience hull loss (2004). In approximately 70 percent of commercial jet hull loss accidents, the main cause has been attributed to flight crew […]