Shiftwork and safety in aviation.
For airline pilots, sleep deprivation and circadian desynchronization due to rapidly rotating shift schedules, rapid time zone changes, and unorganized sleep/wake cycles can result in severe performance decrements. Twelve case histories of accidents in which pilot scheduling might have been a factor are reviewed, and suggestions for the chronohygiene of pilot scheduling are made.
Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, California 95192.
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D000056:Accident Prevention; D001359:Aviation; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000523:psychology