title: Only pilots get tired and other urban myths.
abstract: Beginning in 1985, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) came to the realization that regulating crew rest for pilots was an overdue and effective risk-management tool. Fatigue was being increasingly recognized as a contributing factor in many emergency medical services (EMS) accidents. Federal aviation regulations were changed to include pilot crew rest and flight hour and duty time limitations.
authors.forename: Ed
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: MacDonald
mesh_terms: D017732:Air Ambulances; D001359:Aviation; D005221:Fatigue / Q000517:prevention & control*; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce