Stress in Air Traffic Controllers: Comparison of Two Air Route Traffic Control Centers on Different Shift Rotation Patterns

Abstract

Stress in 23 air traffic controllers (ATCS) at Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center (ATL) on the straight 5-day shift rotation schedule was compared with stress in 23 ATCS's on the 2-2-1 shift rotation schedule at Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center (FTW). Stress in six other FTW ATCS's on the 5-day schedule was compared to stress in their 23 cohorts on the 2-2-1 schedule. Stress estimates were made from urinary levels of 17-ketogenic steroids (st), epinephrine (e), and norepinephrine (ne).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA020679

Entities

People

  • C. E. Melton
  • J. M. Mckenzie
  • J. T. Saldivar
  • R. C. Smith
  • S. M. Hoffmann

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Altitude
  • Aviation Medicine
  • Base Lines
  • Epinephrine
  • Excretion
  • Norepinephrine
  • Personnel Management
  • Radio Transmission
  • Rotation
  • Stress (Physiology)
  • Students
  • Traffic
  • Triangles
  • Urine
  • Workload

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology