Eva-Maria Elmenhorst, Martin Vejvoda, Hartmut Maass, Jürgen Wenzel, Gernot Plath, Ekkehart Schubert, Mathias Basner
INTRODUCTION: A new noise-reduced landing approach was tested--a Segmented Continuous Descent Approach (SCDA)-with regard to the resulting workload on pilots. METHODS: Workload of 40 pilots was measured using physiological (heart rate, blood pressure, blink frequency, saliva cortisol concentration) and psychological (fatigue, sleepiness, tension, and task load) parameters. Approaches were conducted in A320 and A330 full-flight simulators during night shift. SCDA was compared to the standard Low Drag Low Power (LDLP) procedure as reference...
April 2009: Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine