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Issues in Commuting and Pilot Fatigue:
Interim Report

Committee on the Effects of Commuting on Pilot Fatigue

Board on Human-Systems Integration

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Transportation Research Board

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This study was supported by Grant No. DTFAWA-10-C-00115 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Federal Aviation Administration. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

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Suggested citation: National Research Council (2011). Issues in Commuting and Pilot Fatigue: Interim Report. Committee on Commuting and Pilot Fatigue, Board on Human-Systems Integration, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Transportation Research Board and National Research Council. 2011. Issues in Commuting and Pilot Fatigue: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13097.
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COMMITTEE ON THE EFFECTS OF COMMUTING ON PILOT FATIGUE

Clinton V. Oster, Jr. (Chair), School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University

Benjamin A. Berman, Senior Research Associate, Ames Research Center, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

J. Lynn Caldwell, Senior Research Psychologist, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

David F. Dinges, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

R. Curtis Graeber, The Graeber Group, Kirkland, Washington

John K. Lauber, Independent Consultant, Vaughn, Washington

David E. Meyer, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan

Matthew Rizzo, Department of Neurology, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and the Public Policy Center, University of Iowa

David J. Schroeder, Independent Consultant

J. Frank Yates, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan

Mary Ellen O’Connell, Project Director

Toby Warden, Study Director

Eric Chen, Senior Project Assistant

Stephen Godwin, Liaison, Studies and Special Programs, Transportation Research Board

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BOARD ON HUMAN-SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

William S. Marras (Chair), Integrated Systems Engineering Department, Ohio State University

Pascale Carayon, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Don Chaffin, Industrial and Operations Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan (Emeritus)

Nancy J. Cooke, Cognitive Science and Engineering, Arizona State University

Mary (Missy) Cummings, Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sara J. Czaja, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center on Aging, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Andrew S. Imada, A.S. Imada and Associates, Carmichael, California

Waldemar Karwowski, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida

David Rempel, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Matthew Rizzo, Department of Neurology, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and the Public Policy Center, University of Iowa

Thomas B. Sheridan, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and of Aeronautics-Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Emeritus)

David H. Wegman, Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell (Emeritus)

Howard M. Weiss, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University

Barbara A. Wanchisen, Director

Mary Ellen O’Connell, Deputy Director

Christie R. Jones, Program Associate

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report: Evan Byrne, Human Factors Group, National Transportation Safety Board; James C. Miller, Human Factors Consultant, San Antonio, Texas; Joseph P. Ornato, Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; and Nita Lewis Shattuck, Human Systems Integration Program, Operations Research Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Deborah A. Boehm-Davis, Psychology Department, George Mason University as review coordinator and Floyd E. Bloom, Molecular and Integrative Neuroscience Department, The Scripps Research Institute as review monitor. Appointed by the National Research Council, they were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

The committee would also like to thank the individuals who provided presentations to the committee during this initial phase of the study; see Appendix B for the open agendas of the first two meetings.

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The potential for fatigue to negatively affect human performance is well established. Concern about this potential in the aviation context extends back decades, with both airlines and pilots agreeing that fatigue is a safety concern. A more recent consideration is whether and how pilot commuting, conducted in a pilot's off-duty time, may affect fatigue.

The National Academy of Sciences was asked to review available information related to the prevalence and characteristics of pilot commuting; sleep, fatigue, and circadian rhythms; airline and regulatory oversight policies; and pilot and airline practices.

This interim report summarizes the committee's review to date of the available information. The final report will present a final review, along with the committee's conclusions and recommendations based on the information available during its deliberations.

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