Air Medical Journal
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 63-65, March 2005

Only pilots get tired and other urban myths

  • Ed MacDonald

      Affiliations

    • Ed MacDonald is an EMS line pilot for PHI Air Medical Services in Phoenix, Ariz., and the cochairman of the AAMS/CORE Safety Committee, secretary for the Air Medical Safety Advisory Council, safety representative for NEMSPA, and member of Helicopter Association International's Air Medical Service Committee.

Abstract 

Beginning in 1985, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) came to the realization that regulating crew rest for pilots was an overdue and effective risk-management tool. Fatigue was being increasingly recognized as a contributing factor in many emergency medical services (EMS) accidents. Federal aviation regulations were changed to include pilot crew rest and flight hour and duty time limitations.

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PII: S1067-991X(04)00260-3

doi:10.1016/j.amj.2004.12.004

Air Medical Journal
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 63-65, March 2005

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