Airside Operations Safety: Understanding the Effects of Human Factors (2022) / Chapter Skim
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36 Managing Fatigue Risk The word "fatigue" refers to a feeling of tiredness due to mental or physical exertion. In the field of aviation safety, this type of fatigue is most often referenced as "cognitive fatigue," which is degraded brain function due to a lack of proper sleep.
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Managing Fatigue Risk 37 team was unable to find any research related to airport personnel working in the airside environment. 6.1.1 Aviation Industry Fatigue Research Airport leaders looking to reduce fatigue risk in their personnel will find that research related to aircraft maintenance personnel is likely the most relevant and relatable.
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38 Airside Operations Safety: Understanding the Effects of Human Factors 6.2 Three Fatigue Concepts Airside Personnel Should Understand To manage fatigue risk more effectively and, therefore, combat the frequency of decision error, leaders and airside personnel should have a grasp on a few key concepts regarding fatigue and sleep: • Fatigued performance equates to intoxicated performance. • Sleep debt is cumulative and difficult to recognize.
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Managing Fatigue Risk 39 6.2.2 Sleep Debt: It Accumulates Over Time and Is Hard to Recognize Research has consistently shown that the average adult needs 8 hours of sleep each night. However, everyone is different, and the amount of sleep that individuals need to fully refresh their brain varies.
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40 Airside Operations Safety: Understanding the Effects of Human Factors vehicles in the movement area heads home for a weekend with the morning alarm turned off. After 2 days of longer-than-usual periods of sleep, the employee heads to the airport on Monday feeling refreshed and ready to perform at 100%.
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Managing Fatigue Risk 41 fully recover from 1 hour of sleep debt. Cognitive capabilities tended to recover more rapidly, but other health-related metrics lagged, and additional days of extended sleep were needed to reach the levels measured when subjects achieved their optimum level of sleep.
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42 Airside Operations Safety: Understanding the Effects of Human Factors while fatigued and outline the organization's mitigation strategies to reduce the levels of risk. The FRMP is developed and implemented across the organization, with the plan addressing key topics such as: • Organizational responsibilities and requirements; • Limitations on working hours and flight time; • Fatigue concepts and definitions; • Organizational education and training programs; and • Fatigue identification, risk assessment, and monitoring processes.
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Managing Fatigue Risk 43 6.4.2.2 Fatigue Training Content Resources Resources are available to assist airports with developing training materials on fatigue. The content included can be as extensive as the organization desires or the need requires.
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