1,988
Views
7
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

“Flying on empty” – effects of sleep deprivation on pilot performance

, , , , , , , & show all
Pages 1133-1154 | Received 23 Jan 2019, Accepted 08 Feb 2019, Published online: 01 Mar 2019

References

  • Adams RJ. 1993. How expert pilots think – cognitive processes in expert decision making. Florida (USA): Advanced Aviation Concepts, Inc.
  • Akerstedt T. 2003. Shift work and disturbed sleep/wakefulness. Occup Med. 53:89–94.
  • Banks S, Dinges DF. 2007. Behavioral and physiological consequences of sleep restriction. J Clin Med. 3:519–528.
  • Caldwell J, Caldwell JL, Brown D, Symthe N, Smith J, Mylar J, Mandichak M, Schroeder C. 2003. The effects of 37 hours of continuous sleep deprivation on the physiological arousal, cognitive performance, self-reported mood and simulator flight performance of F117A pilots Brooks City-Base (TX): U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. No. AFRL-HE-BR-TR-2003-0086.
  • Caldwell JA, Caldwell JL. 2003. Fatigue in aviation: A guide to staying awake at the stick. Burlington (VT): Ashgate Publishing Company.
  • Caldwell JA, Caldwell JL, Brown DL, Smith JK. 2004. The effects of 37 hours of continuous wakefulness on the physiological arousal, cognitive performance, self-reported mood, and simulator flight performance of F-117A pilots. Mil Psychol. 16:163–181.
  • Chee MW, Choo WC. 2004. Functional imaging of working memory after 24 hr of total sleep deprivation. J Neurosci. 24:4560–4567.
  • Choo WC, Lee WW, Venkatraman V, Sheu FS, Chee MW. 2005. Dissociation of cortical regions modulated by both working memory load and sleep deprivation and by sleep deprivation alone. NeuroImage. 25:579–587.
  • Crisp RJ, Meleady R. 2012. Adapting to a multicultural future. Science. 336:853–855.
  • De Gennaro L, Ferrara M, Curcio G, Bertini M. 2001. Visual search performance across 40 h of continuous wakefulness: measures of speed and accuracy and relation with oculomotor performance. Physiol Behav. 74:197–204.
  • Dinges DF, Pack F, Williams K, Gillen KA, Powell JW, Ott G,E, Aptowicz C, Pack AI. 1997. Cumulative sleepiness, mood disturbance, and psychomotor vigilance performance Decrements during a week of sleep restricted to 4–5 hours per night. Sleep. 20:267–277.
  • Dinges DF, Powell LW. 1985. Microcomputer analyses of performance on a portable, simple visual RT task during sustained operations. Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput. 17:625–655.
  • Doran SM, Van Dongen HP, Dinges DF. 2001. Sustained attention performance during sleep deprivation: evidence of state instability. Arch Ital Biol. 139:253–267.
  • European Cockpit Association. 2012. Pilot fatigue barometer. Brussels:Rue du Commerce.
  • Gander PH, Mangie J, Van Den Berg MJ, Smith AAT, Mulrine HM, Signal TL. 2014. Crew fatigue safety performance indicators for fatigue risk management systems. Aviat Space Environ Med. 8:139–147.
  • Goel N, Rao H, Durmer JS, Dinges DF. 2009. Neurocognitive consequences of sleep deprivation. Semin Neurol. 29:320–339.
  • Groeneweg J. 1998. AIRSIM, a desktop research flight simulator. NLR-TP-98338. Amsterdam (The Netherlands): National Aerospace laboratory.
  • Harrison Y, Horne JA. 2000. The impact of sleep deprivation on decision making: A review. J Exp Psychol Appl. 6:236–249.
  • Hart SG, Staveland LE. 1988. Development of NASA-TLX (task load index): results of empirical and theoretical research. In: Hancock PA, Meshkati N, editors. Human mental workload. Amsterdam: North Holland Press. 139-183.
  • Helmreich RL. 2000. On error management: lessons from aviation. Br Med J. 320:781–785.
  • Horne JA, Reyner LA. 1995. Sleep related vehicle accidents. Br Med J. 310:565–567.
  • International Civil Aviation Organisation. 2013. Manual of evidence-based training. 1st ed. Quebec (Canada): Civil Aviation Organisation.
  • Jaeggi SM, Studer-Luethi B, Buschkuehl M, Su YF, Jonides J, Perrig WJ. 2010. The relationship between n-back performance and matrix reasoning – implications for training and transfer. Intelligence. 38:625–635.
  • Jones DG, Endsley MR. 2000. Can real-time probes provide a valid measure of situation awareness? Proceedings of the human performance, situation awareness and automation: user-centred design for the new millennium conference; Atlanta, GA: SA Technologies, Inc. pp. 245–250.
  • Jung CM, Ronda JM, Czeisler CA, Wright J,K. 2011. Comparison of sustained attention assessed by auditory and visual Psychomotor Vigilance Tasks (PVT) prior to and during sleep deprivation. J Sleep Res. 20:348–355.
  • Kaliyaperumal D, Elango Y, Alagesan M, Santhanakrishanan I. 2017. Effects of sleep deprivation on the cognitive performance of nurses working in shift. J Clin Diagn Res Doctors. 11:CC01–CC03.
  • Khitrov MY, Laxminarayan S, Thorsley D, Ramakrishnan S, Rajaraman S, Wesensten NJ, Reifman J. 2014. PC-PVT: a platform for psychomotor vigilance task testing, analysis, and prediction. Behav Res Methods. 46:140-147.
  • Lieberman HR, Tharion WJ, Shukitt‐Hale B, Speckman KL, Tulley R. 2002. Effects of caffeine, sleep loss, and stress on cognitive performance and mood during U.S. Navy SEAL training. Sea‐air‐land. Psychopharmacology. 164:250–261.
  • Lim J, Dinges DF. 2008. Sleep deprivation and vigilant attention. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1129:305–322.
  • Lopez N, Previc FH, Fischer J, Heitz RP, Engle RW. 2012. Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance by United States air force pilots. J Appl Res Mem Cogn. 1:27–33.
  • McHenry JJ, Hough LM, Toquam JL, Hanson M, Ashworth S. 1990. Project A validity results: the relationship between predictor and criterion domains. Pers Psychol. 43:335–354.
  • McNair DM, Lorr M, Droppleman LF. 1971. Profile of mood states manual. San Diego: Education and Industrial Testing Service.
  • Moore-Ede M.2003. (Writer). Sleep, alertness, and fatigue among military personnel in Iraq. Lexington (MA):In I. Circadian Technologies (Producer).
  • National Transportation Safety Board. 1990. Safety Recommendation I-99–1. Washington (DC, USA): U.S Department of Transportation. Report 20594.
  • Olea MM, Ree MJ. 1994. Predicting pilot and navigator criteria: not much more than g. J Appl Psychol. 79:845–851.
  • Pilcher JJ, Huffcutt AI. 1996. Effects of sleep deprivation on performance: a meta-analysis. Sleep. 19:318-326.
  • Previc FH, Lopez N, Ercoline WR, DaLuz CM, Workman AJ, Evans RH, Dillon NA. 2009. The effects of sleep deprivation on flight performance, instrument scanning and physiological arousal in United States air force pilots. Int J Aviat Psychol. 19:326–346.
  • Reason J. 1990. Human error. Cambridge (England): Cambridge University Press.
  • Ree MJ, Earles JA, Teachout M. 1994. Predicting job performance: not much more than g. J Appl Psychol. 79:518–524.
  • Rinkenauer G, Osman A, Ulrich R, Muller-Gethmann H, Mattes S. 2004. On the locus of speed-accuracy trade-off in reaction time: inferences from the lateralized readiness potential. J Exp Psychol. 133:261–282.
  • Russo M, Sing H, Kendall A, Johnson D, Santiago S, Escolas S, Holland D, Thorne D, Hall S, Redmond D, et al. (2005). Visual perception, flight performance, and reaction time impairments in military pilots during 26 hours of continuous wake: implications for automated workload control systems as fatigue management tools. In Strategies to maintain combat readiness during extended deployments – a human systems approach (pp. 27–1,7–16). Meeting Proceedings RTO-MP-HFM-124, Paper 27.
  • Sadeghniiat-Haghighi K, Yazdi Z. 2015. Fatigue management in the workplace. Ind Psychiatry J. 24:12–17.
  • Samel A, Wegmann HM, Vejvoda M, Drescher J, Gundel A, Manzey D, Wenzel J. 1997. Two‐crew operations: stress and fatigue during long‐haul night flights. Aviat Space Environ Med. 68:679–687.
  • Samn SW, Perelli LP. 1982. Estimating aircrew fatigue: a technique with implications to airlift operations. Brooks AFB (TX): USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. Technical Report No. SAM‐TR‐82‐21.
  • Sarter NB, Woods DD. 1991. Situation awareness: A critical but ill-defined phenomenon. Int J Aviat Psychol. 45–57.
  • Scott JPR, McNaughton LR, Polman RCJ. 2006. Effects of sleep deprivation and exercise on cognitive, motor performance and mood. Physiol Behav. 87:396–408.
  • Sexton JB, Thomas EJ, Helmreich RL. 2000. Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys. Br Med J. 320:745–749.
  • Spoormaker VI, Verbeek I, van Den Bout J, Klip EC. 2005. Initial validation of the SLEEP-50 questionnaire. Behav Sleep Med. 3:227–246.
  • Stanton NA, Chambers PRG, Piggott J. 2001. Situation awareness and safety. Saf Sci. 39:189–204.
  • Taylor RM. 1990. Situational Awareness Rating Technique (SART): the development of a tool for aircrew systems design. Neuilly Sur Seine (France): NATO AGARD – International Organisation.
  • Terry PC, Lane AM, Fogarty GJ. 2003. Construct validity of the POMS-A for use with adults. Psychol Sport Exerc. 4:76–92.
  • Thomas M, Sing H, Belenky G, Holocomb H, Mayberg H, Dannals R, Wagner H, Thorne D, Popp K, Rowland L, et al. 2000. Neural basis of alertness and cognitive performance impairments during sleepiness. I. Effects of 24 h of sleep deprivation on waking human regional brain activity. J Sleep Res. 9:335–352.
  • Tucker AM, Whitney P, Belenky G, Hinson JM, Van Dongen HP. 2010. Effects of sleep deprivation on dissociated components of executive functioning. Sleep. 33:47–57.
  • van Dongen HP, Maislin G, Mullington JM, Dinges DF. 2003. The cumulative cost of additional wakefulness: dose-response effects on neurobehavioral functions and sleep physiology from chronic sleep restriction and total sleep deprivation. Sleep. 26:117-126.
  • Waters F, Bucks RS. 2011. Neuropsychological effects of sleep loss: implication for neuropsychologists. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 17:571–586.
  • White TL, Lejuez CW, de Wit H. 2008. Test-Retest Characteristics of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART). Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 16:565–570.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.