Scheduling Aircrews 3: Deployment

Abstract

The objective of this Memorandum was to develop aircrew work-rest guidance that dealt with the jet lag issues associated with deployments across time zones. It was hoped that this guidance could be used by operational commanders to determine when best to deploy their crews. The calculations in this Memorandum were based upon the U.S. Department of Defense Sleep, Activity, Fatigue, and Task Effectiveness (SAFTE) applied model. The SAFTE applied model integrated the effects of length of prior wakefulness, amount of sleep and circadian rhythm. This applied model was implemented in the Windows program, Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool (FAST(trademark), NTI Inc., Dayton, OH), which was used to make the calculations and to draw the figures shown in this Memorandum.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA498519

Entities

People

  • James C Miller

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acclimatization
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Amplitude
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Case Studies
  • Circadian Rhythms
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Jet Lag
  • Military Research
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Wakefulness
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  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Missile Defense Systems.