Development of Novel Measures to Assess the Effectiveness of Commercial Airline Pilot Situation Awareness Training

2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-84
Author(s):  
Simon Banbury ◽  
Helen Dudfield ◽  
Hans-Jürgen Hörmann
Keyword(s):  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
Airline Pilot ◽  
Commercial Airline

Estimating Pilot Fatigue in Commercial Flight Operations

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-139
Author(s):  
Jon French ◽  
Katherine Garrick
Keyword(s):  
Prediction Algorithm ◽  
Airline Pilots ◽  
Airline Pilot ◽  
Subjective Fatigue ◽  
Flight Operations ◽  
Commercial Airline ◽  
Circadian Time ◽  
Pilot Fatigue ◽  
Subjective Reports ◽  
Better Than

In order to assess airline pilot duty fatigue levels associated with normal operations, subjective fatigue, sleep cycles were unobtrusively monitored and compared to the estimates of a fatigue prediction algorithm (FADE). A group of 9 commercial airline pilots completed log sheets on which sleep, flight data and periodic estimates of fatigue levels were recorded over a 10-day period. The subjective fatigue scores indicated a significant increase during the 2000-0400 hours time block. The lowest reported fatigue scores occurred during the 0800-1200 hours. Hours of sleep predicted pilot fatigue levels better than circadian time, hours of flight, time zones crossed or hours of non-flying work. A fatigue-estimating algorithm (FADE) used logged sleep data and was well correlated with the subjective reports of fatigue. Use of fatigue algorithms may be useful to select the timing and crew rest considerations of comercial airline routes before they become part of normal operations.

Pilot Situation Awareness Training in General Aviation

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 357-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mica R. Endsley ◽  
Daniel J. Garland
Keyword(s):  
Situation Awareness ◽  
General Aviation ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
Significant Interest ◽  
Aviation Pilots

While the majority of research on the topic of situation awareness has been focused on designing better systems, significant interest also exists in finding ways to improve SA through training. This paper describes an ongoing program that is directed at developing programs for training SA in general aviation pilots. Factors that have been found to pose problems for SA in pilots are reviewed and directions are established for creating programs for improving SA through training.

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