Measures of Navy Pilot Workload, Sleep and Performance in Stressful Environments

Abstract

Measures of Navy pilot workload, sleep and landing performance collected under two stressful environments--carrier deployment and carrier landing qualification are analyzed and described. The study was conducted to demonstrate the application and utility of data collection techniques in operational environments and to describe the typical workload and sleep activity of Navy pilots. Attack pilots and LSOs averaged 12-hour workdays at sea and supplemented their sleep by short naps during flying periods. Landing performance for attack aviators was remarkably high with boarding rates at night averaging 93 percent for the entire deployment. Performance decrement was noted both day and night only after extensive in-port periods of flight inactivity. Recommendations and summary data are discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA087131

Entities

People

  • Clyde A. Brictson
  • Peter A. Young

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Biomedical Research
  • California
  • Carrier Landings
  • Data Analysis
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Military Research
  • Navy
  • Night Landings
  • Physiology
  • Psychology
  • Ship Personnel
  • Training

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.