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Effects of Furlough Caused by External Factors on the Pilot's Stress Index

외부요인으로 인한 업무 공백이 조종사의 스트레스 수준에 미치는 영향

  • 조율현 (한국항공대학교 운항관리학과) ;
  • 권문진 (한국항공대학교 운항관리학과) ;
  • 송병흠 (한국항공대학교 항공운항관리학과)
  • Received : 2021.03.03
  • Accepted : 2021.04.05
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

Recently, the issue of maintaining pilot competency has emerged as one of the major challenges in the aviation industry due to irregular schedules and flight intervals caused by the global COVID-19. Therefore, a survey was conducted on airline pilots to determine how stressed they would be when returning to their flights after experiencing irregular schedules or long-term furloughs. The level of stress that pilots receive due to flight intervals was divided into periods, and correlation with general characteristics was identified to see what emotional burdens exist as the lengths of flight interval increased. As a result, burdened flight intervals and the Pilot Flying(PF) intervals were identified as a statistically significant variables. In the case of the Pilot Flying interval, the level of stress was confirmed to be worse as the flying interval was elongated, and in the case of the burdened flying interval, the tendency of the stress index were lower as the period increased. Through this study, pilots who experienced reduced flight times were found to be accompanied by considerable amount of emotional burden proportionate to the length of the interval period.

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