A Study on Flight Crew Cabin Threats

Cabin Crew Safety November-December 1990

In everyday speech, the phrases “human factors” and “the human factor” frequently refer to individual quirks of behavior which may be irrational and difficult to explain and which can be called upon, in the absence of any hardware failure, to account for unfortunate events such as accidents. Implicit in this everyday usage is the notion that behavior is unpredictable and that the addition of a ...

Cancer incidence in airline cabin crew.

R ecent reports highlighting increased cancer incidence and mortality among airline pilots and cabin crew have raised concerns about potential exposure of these workers to known or suspected carcinogens, in particular cosmic ionising radiation. Higher radiation dose rates are found at higher altitudes and in the polar regions, and mean doses to flight crew have been increasing over time as long...

Exposure of airline pilots and cabin crew to cosmic radiation during flight--what's the fuss?

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) had in 1990 recommended that civilian aircrew be classified as being occupationally exposed to low-dose ionizing radiation, in view of their increased exposure to cosmic rays at altitude. In 2000, the European Union had gone ahead with legislation which requires all European airlines to monitor cosmic radiation levels during flight ...

Flight Crew Decision- Making

Developing the Job Stress Model for Airlines Flight crew

Job is one of the most important issues in the discussion of human resources, and since the discussion of job stress in the flight crew and its relationship with the performance of the flight crew is very important and vital. This research is about recognizing and developing a model for job stress among the cabin crew of Mahan Airline. The qualitative research methodology has been followed by q...