NTL Record

Title	Flight Attendant Fatigue Recommendation II: Flight Attendant Work/Rest Patterns, Alertness, and Performance Assessment
Record ID	81788
Personal Name Creator	Roma, Peter G.; Mallis, Melissa M.; Hursh, Steven R.; Mead, Andrew M.; Nesthus, Thomas E.
Corporate Creator	United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute; Institutes for Behavior Resources
Corporate Contributor	United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
Publisher	United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date	20101201
Language	English
Abstract	Impaired performance induced by fatigue may compromise safety in commercial aviation. Given the direct role flight attendants play in passenger safety, the U.S. Congress ordered a comprehensive examination of fatigue in cabin crew, including a field study of actual flight operations. This report provides an overview of the field study results, focusing on objective measures of sleep patterns and neurocognitive performance (Psychomotor Vigilance Test, PVT) over a 3-4 week period in 202 U.S.-based flight attendants of all seniority levels working for network, low-cost, and regional carriers embarking on domestic and international flight operations.
Rosap ID	dot:57099
Rosap URL	https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57099
TRT Terms	Physiological fatigue; Flight attendants; Field studies; Sleep; Personnel performance; Reaction time; Airlines
General Subjects	Actigraphy; PVT; Flight operations
Geographical Coverage	United States
TRIS Online Accession No	1324952
Report Number	DOT/FAA/AM-10/22
Resource type	Tech Report
URL	https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/81000/81700/81788/201022.pdf
Format	PDF
Database	NTL Digital Repository