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- Title
Monitoring and Managing Cabin Crew Sleep and Fatigue During an Ultra-Long Range Trip.
- Authors
van den Berg, Margo J.; Signal, T. Leigh; Mulrine, Hannah M.; Smith, Alexander A. T.; Gander, Philippa H.; Serfontein, Wynand
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aims of this study were to monitor cabin crew fatigue, sleep, and performance on an ultra-long range (ULR) trip and to evaluate the appropriateness of applying data collection methods developed for flight crew to cabin crew operations under a fatigue risk management system (FRMS). METHODS: Prior to, throughout, and following the ULR trip (outbound flight ULR; mean layover duration = 52.6 h; inbound flight long range), 55 cabin crew (29 women; mean age 36.5 yr; 25 men; mean age 36.6 yr; one missing data) completed a sleep/duty diary and wore an actigraph. Across each flight, crewmembers rated their fatigue (Samn-Perelli Crew Status Check) and sleepiness (Karolinska Sleepiness Scale) and completed a 5-min Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) at key times. RESULTS: Of crewmembers approached, 73% (N = 134) agreed to participate and 41% (N = 55) provided data of suitable quality for analysis. In the 24 h before departure, sleep averaged 7.0 h and 40% took a preflight nap. All crewmembers slept in flight (mean total sleep time = 3.6 h outbound, 2.9 h inbound). Sleepiness and fatigue were lower, and performance better, on the longer outbound flight than on the inbound flight. Post-trip, crewmembers slept more on day 1 (mean = 7.9 h) compared to baseline days, but there was no difference from day 2 onwards. DISCUSSION: The present study demonstrates that cabin crew fatigue can be managed effectively on a ULR flight and that FRMS data collection is feasible for cabin crew, but operational differences between cabin crew and flight crew need to be considered.
- Subjects
FATIGUE prevention; DROWSINESS; FLIGHT crews; MOTOR ability testing; ACTIGRAPHY; AIRCRAFT cabins
- Publication
Aerospace Medicine & Human Performance, 2015, Vol 86, Issue 8, p705
- ISSN
2375-6314
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3357/AMHP.4268.2015