Operational Issues of Aging Crewmembers (les Consequences operationnelles du vieillissement des equipages)
Abstract
In downsizing militaries with aging populations, the current and projected scarce resources, increasing costs of training and the significant experience (also at significant cost) of aging crewmembers makes aging crewmembers an increasingly valued commodity, particularly in militaries of the future. Experience, wisdom, healthy lifestyles and medical and technological advances seem to compensate to some extent for actual or presumed decreased performance and other adverse effects of aging (physical, physiological, psychological) in many crewmembers. Most "aging" studies and data, however, were on general (civilian) populations. Available data on the performance of aging crewmembers in stressful military environments have not been previously summarized and presented on any large scale. Military age policies (pilots, special crew, etc.) of several countries were collected in advance for presentation and discussion, and the NATO Human Factors and Medicine Symposium on "Operational Issues of Aging Crewmembers" was held in Toulon, France 11-14 October 1999. There were two keynote speaker presentations and 32 papers presented to the 120 participants registered for the symposium. The broad aspects of this topic were divided into three Sessions, including 12 papers on "Operational Aspects of Aging Crewmembers", 8 papers on "Aging Crewmembers: Psychological and Cognitive Performance Implications", and 12 papers on "Physiological and Sensory Aspects of Aging".
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA388423
Entities
Organizations
- NATO Science and Technology Organization