Issues in Commuting and Pilot Fatigue: Interim Report (2011)
Chapter: Front Matter
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
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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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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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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
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
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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