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http://dx.doi.org/10.12985/ksaa.2021.29.2.047

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

Cho, Yul hyun (한국항공대학교 운항관리학과)
Kwon, Moonjin (한국항공대학교 운항관리학과)
Song, Byung Heum (한국항공대학교 항공운항관리학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics / v.29, no.2, 2021 , pp. 47-54 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Pilot; Stress; Irregular Schedule; Pilot Competency; Pilot Training; COVID-19;
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