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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." Transportation Research Board and National Research Council. 2011. The Effects of Commuting on Pilot Fatigue. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13201.
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ARC Aviation Rulemaking Committee
ASIAS Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing
ASRS Aviation Safety Reporting System
 
BOHSI Board on Human-System Integration
BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics
 
CASS Cockpit Access Security System
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CRM Crew Resource Management
 
DBASSE Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
 
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAR Federal Aviation Regulation
FDP flight duty period
FRMP fatigue risk management plan
FRMS fatigue risk management system
 
GPWS Ground Proximity Warning System
 
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
IOM Institute of Medicine
 
NAS National Academy of Sciences
Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." Transportation Research Board and National Research Council. 2011. The Effects of Commuting on Pilot Fatigue. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13201.
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NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NTSB National Transportation Safety Board
 
SARP Standards and Recommended Practice
 
TCAS Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems
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Nearly everyone experiences fatigue, but some professions—such as aviation, medicine and the military—demand alert, precise, rapid, and well-informed decision making and communication with little margin for error. 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 during flight duty.

In summer 2010 the U.S. Congress directed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to update the federal regulations that govern pilot flight and duty time, taking into account recent research related to sleep and fatigue. As part of their directive, Congress also instructed FAA to have the National Academy of Sciences conduct a study on the effects of commuting on pilot fatigue. The Effects of Commuting on Pilot Fatigue reviews research and other information related to the prevalence and characteristics of commuting; to the science of sleep, fatigue, and circadian rhythms; to airline and regulatory oversight policies; and to pilot and airline practices.

The Effects of Commuting on Pilot Fatigue discusses the policy, economic, and regulatory issues that affect pilot commuting, and outlines potential next steps, including recommendations for regulatory or administrative actions, or further research by the FAA.

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