Open AccessPrevalence of fatigue among commercial pilots
Author(s) -
Craig Jackson,
Laurie Earl
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
occupational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1471-8405
pISSN - 0962-7480
DOI - 10.1093/occmed/kql021
Subject(s) - discretion , aviation medicine , aviation , crew , psychology , aeronautics , medicine , physical therapy , engineering , political science , law , aerospace engineering
Short-haul pilots have largely been neglected in studies of fatigue, sleep loss and circadian disruption created by flight operations, but anecdotal evidence from pilots suggests that with the increasing amount of low-cost air travel, commercial pilots working short-haul operations may be becoming seriously fatigued.
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