title: Professional pilots' views of alcohol use in aviation and the effectiveness of employee-assistance programs.
abstract: Pilots holding the Airline Transport Pilot certificate were surveyed about the seriousness of the alcohol problem in various areas of aviation and about the importance of a number of possible reasons why a pilot might drink and fly. They also rated a number of actions in terms of their potential effectiveness for reducing inappropriate alcohol use, and they evaluated a number of characteristics of employee-assistance programs. Respondents judged employee-assistance programs to be the best way to reduce problem drinking. They also identified areas in which currently available employee-assistance programs could be improved.
authors.affiliation: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control; D001359:Aviation; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States