Download or read book Physiological Stress in Air Traffic Controllers A Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years of research on physiological stress in air traffic control specialists (ATCS's) is reviewed. Data were derived from 20 tasks involving the experimental variables of workload, shift-rotation patterns, and automation. Laboratories at the Civil Aeromedical Institute consisted of a survey of the quantity and quality of sleep in working ATCS's, a restudy of ATCS's several years after the first study to appraise stress change, and experimental attempts to evoke a differential response to two different qualities of stress. Stress was distinctly related to imposed workload as well as to working conditions. Differences in stress levels in ATCS's on different shift-rotation patterns were minimal. Automation gave rise to increased total stress accounted for by an increased workload incident to the changeover period from annual to computerized control techniques. A stress index was developed to facilitate comparison of physiological stress at the different air traffic control (ATC) facilities and among ATCS's. Anxiety level measurements vary minimally from facility to facility indicating little impact of ATC work on the physchological state of ATC's. These and other measures show that it is clearly inappropriate to describe ATC work, as is commonly done in the popular press, as being unusually stressful.
Download or read book Physiological Stress in Air Traffic Controllers written by C. E. Melton and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stress in Air Traffic Personnel Low Density Towers and Flight Service Stations written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stress and anxiety levels were measured in 10 air traffic control specialists (ATCS) at two low-traffic-density towers, Fayetteville (FYV), Arkansas, and Roswell (ROW), New Mexico, and in 24 flight service (FS) specialists at Oklahoma City (OKC), Oklahoma, Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Roswell, New Mexico. Physiological measurements consisted of heart rate and urine biochemical analysis for 17-ketogenic steroids, epinephrine, and norepinephrine. On-duty arousal in ATCS's and FS specialists was evident both physiologically and psychologically; such arousal was within psychologically normal limits and was generally low physiologically compared to other air traffic control (ATC) facilities that have been studied in the past. Physiological stress levels at these low-density towers and flight service stations were also low compared to other ATC facilities that were studied previously. It is concluded that it is inappropriate to describe all air traffic control work, as is commonly done in the popular press, as unusually stressful. Such accounts in the popular press tend to deal with the exceptional rather than with the typical controller or facility. (Author).
Download or read book Physiological Biochemical and Psychological Responses in Air Traffic Control Personnel written by Civil Aeromedical Institute and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stress in controllers on the straight five-day shift was determined at Houston Intercontinental Tower in 1970. In 1971 controllers on the 2-2-1 rotation were studied at the same tower. Controllers generally prefer the 2-2-1 to the straight five-day schedule because of the long week end associated with the 2-2-1. Management is concerned that the 'quick turnaround' on the 2-2-1 is a stressor that could compromise job performance. Physiological and psychological assessments showed no significant stress differences on the two schedules. On neither of the schedules did the controllers' stress levels differ from the general polulation. It was concluded that the stress differences on the two rotation patterns were too slight to be of real significance and a choice between them would have to rest on managerial considerations rather than biomedical ones.
Download or read book Physiological Responses in Air Traffic Control Personnel written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Physiological Biochemical and Psychological Responses in Air Traffic Control Personnel written by Civil Aeromedical Institute and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stress in Air Traffic Controllers written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Physiological responses in air traffic control personnel o hare tower written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biochemical and physiological indices of stress showed that the level of stress of 16 air traffic controllers at the Houston Intercontinental Airport Tower was indistinguishable from that of control populations. While the level of stress was lower than that among O'Hare Tower controllers, both groups showed about the same degree of adaptation. Day work (heavy traffic load) at Houston was characterized by elevated levels of all stress indicators as compared with the mid-shift (light traffic); epinephrine excretion increased significantly during the last half of the mid-shift as compared with the first half. Urinary stress indicators (17-ketogenic steroids, epinephrine, norepinephrine) were all significantly elevated during day sleep as compared with night sleep, indicating less effective rest during day sleep. (Modified author abstract).
Download or read book Physiological Responses in Air Traffic Control Personnel written by Civil Aeromedical Institute and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stress Anxiety and the Air Traffic Control Specialist written by Roger C. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Psychological Effects of Stress on Air Traffic Controllers written by Kimberly Walker and published by . This book was released on 1995* with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flight Stress written by Alan F. Stokes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While stress and fatigue are often dealt with in other books on aviation performance and human factors, these realities of human vulnerability are now increasingly seen as central to the effective conduct of flight operations. Flight Stress provides a comprehensive treatment and a better understanding of stress and fatigue as they relate to aviation. It clarifies and distinguishes the concepts of stress and fatigue as they apply to flight, and expounds sufficient theory to provide a principled basis for the consideration and amelioration of stress effects in aviation. The authors examine what is known of the effects of stress from both laboratory and operational studies and detail the aspects of this knowledge to which aviation professionals should pay most attention. They go on to discuss the implications of stress and fatigue for performance in a range of aviation contexts, from air traffic control to aerial combat. Physiological, cognitive and medical sequel are explored. The book locates aviation related work, in its broader research context, critically reviewing and illustrating the work, with examples from accident and incident reports. It is substantive but accessible, since it both sets out the research base and provides plenty of 'real world' examples to leaven and illustrate the narrative. It thus provides an authoritative handbook for aviation professionals and a comprehensive source book and reference work for researchers. The readership includes aviation professionals and researchers, including medical personnel and registered Aviation Medical Examiners; psychologists and Human Factors specialists; training captains, senior pilots and engineers; air traffic controllers, dispatchers and operations staff.
Download or read book Air Traffic Control Human Performance Factors written by Anne R. Isaac and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Foreword by Captain Daniel Maurino, ICAO: '...Air Traffic Control...will remain a technology-intensive system. People (controllers) must harmoniously interact with technology to contribute to achieve the aviation system’s goals of safe and efficient transportation of passengers and cargo...This book...considers human error and human factors from a contemporary and operational perspective and discusses the parts as well as the whole...I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did.' The motivation for writing this book comes from the author’s long standing belief that the needs of Air Traffic Service personnel are inadequately represented in the aviation literature. There are few references to air traffic control in many of the books written for pilots and about pilots and this is also observed at the main international conferences. In line with the ICAO syllabus for human factors training for air traffic controllers, the book covers the main issues in air traffic control, with regard to human performance: physiology including stress, fatigue and shift work problems; psychology with emphasis on human error and its management, social psychology including issues of communication and working in teams, the environment including ergonomic principles and working with new technologies and hardware and software issues including the development of documentation and procedures and a study of the changes brought about by advanced technologies. Throughout the text there are actual examples taken from the air traffic control environment to illustrate the issues discussed. A full bibliography is included for those who want to read beyond these issues. It has been written for all in air traffic services, from ab initio to the boardroom; it is important that the men and women in senior management positions have some knowledge and awareness of the fundamental problems that limit and enhance human performance.
Download or read book Dtic Technical Report written by U.s. Department of Transportation and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physiological stress in air traffic controllers : a review /
Download or read book Occupational Stress and Stress Prevention in Air Traffic Control written by Giovanni Costa and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Air Traffic Controller Health Change Study written by Robert Marc Rose and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main goal of the study was to determine the nature and extent of health changes in the air traffic controllers and by what characteristics these health changes might be predicted.
Download or read book Stress in Air Traffic Controllers Effects of ARTS III written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physiological, biochemical, and psychological assessments of stress in air traffic controllers were made at Los Angeles (LAX) and Oakland (OAK) Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facilities before and after installation of Automated Radar Terminal Systems-III (ARTS-III). Heart rates of controllers on duty or at rest scarcely changed from before to after ARTS-III installation. Total stress increased at both TRACONs, and the increase was entirely due to elevated catecholamine excretion. Steroid excretion was significantly reduced at both facilities after ARTS-III installation. Scores on the A-State scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory indicated that introduction of ARTS-III had no appreciable effect on work-related anxiety levels of controllers. The post-ARTS-III A-State means for both facilities were not significantly elevated. A-Trait was unchanged at LAX but decreased significantly at OAK. Assessments of A-State showed significant work-related increments but tended to be low.
