[Effect of alcohol intake on the ability to pilot aircraft].
During the initial 4 hours after alcohol intake at a dose of 1.9 g/kg aircraft operators displayed disturbances in the psychic processes and functions responsible for each (from information reception and processing up to decision-making and building-up the controlling actions) structural elements in their activity resulting in considerable limitation or a complete failure to pilot aircraft. Main disorders included inability to correctly analyse flight situation and loss of skills to automatically control simulator, a sudden depletion of psychophysiological reserves and deterioration of operator's reliability. Less elaborated professional skills appear to be the most vulnerable.
Ushakov
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State Scientific-Research Experimental Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine MO RF.
Egorov
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D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000401:Aircraft; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D011930:Reaction Time
D000431:Ethanol