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• Welcome
• Stress, Fatigue and Flying

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• Welcome
• Presenter Dr. Karen Dunbar

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• Some Definitions
• Stress
• Fatigue

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• Physiological Stressors
• Illness
• Overexertion
• Heat
• Poor Nutrition
• Noise
• Inadequate Rest/Sleep

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• Psychological Stressors
• Emotional
• Social
• Vocational
• Financial
• Family

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Adaptation to Ongoing Stress
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• Duty Day Length and Fatigue
• Perception of fatigue as a significant safety
  factor
• Self-reported microsleep (nodding off) and short
  vs. long duty day

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• FAR 61.195a
• A person who holds a flight instructor
  certificate is subject to the following
  limitations
• (a) Hours of training. In any 24-consecutive-hour
  period, a flight instructor may not conduct more
  than 8 hours of flight training.

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• Major Factors on Most Fatiguing Work Day

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• Pilot Reported Effects of Fatigue on Performance

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• Stress Management Strategies
• Before the flight/All the Time!

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• Self-Management of Stress
• Physical
• Social
• Behavioral
• Cognitive
• Recuperative

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• Stress Management Strategies
• During the Flight

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• So, Where Does That Leave Pilots?
• I llness
• M edication
• S leep
• A lcohol
• F atigue
• E ating

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Thank You

• Thank you for coming this evening
• Thank you for your participation
• FLY SAFELY !!!