Influence of Age on Alertness and Performance During 3-Day Cross North-Atlantic Operations

• Main Author: Valk, P. J.
• Other Authors: NATIONAL AEROMEDICAL INST SOESTERBERG (NETHERLANDS)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Psychology; Stress Physiology; *AGING(PHYSIOLOGY); *ATTENTION; SYMPOSIA; NETHERLANDS; PERFORMANCE(HUMAN); PILOTS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; ADAPTATION(PHYSIOLOGY); COMPONENT REPORTS; NATO FURNISHED; FOREIGN REPORTS; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP010560; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP010560

From literature it is known that a relationship exists between age and pilot's performance. Furthermore age correlates with shorter sleep, impaired sleep quality, difficulty in adapting to irregular work schedules and rapid time zone transitions. These factors may aggravate the effect of age and lead to impaired performance during flight duties. Pres. Human Factors and Medicine Panel (HFM) Symposium, Toulon, France, 11-14 Oct 1999, p5-1/5-5. This article is from ADA388423 Operational Issues of Aging Crewmembers (les Consequences operationnelles du vieillissement des equipages)