Motion Sickness, or kinetosis, is a complex clinical syndrome usually classified according to the environmental situation evoking the symptoms. Among the various forms of motion sickness, air sickness has a significant impact on aircrew readiness and is often a cause for the grounding of aircrew. Unfortunately, standards for clinical testing to accurately predict the sensitivity of each individ...

BACKGROUND Loratadine (Claritin), an over-the-counter antihistamine in U.S. and UK, is acceptable for use without adverse side effects by aircrew with mild or moderate allergic or other situations requiring an antihistamine. Although +Gz (head to foot direction) tolerance testing for aircrew with loratadine has not been documented in the published literature, it is commonly accepted that lorata...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a common diagnosis at autopsies of military and civil aircrews. Identifying aviators with a high risk of an acute coronary syndrome is of aeromedical interest as it allows flight surgeons to employ prevention and intervention strategies to avoid death or a lifelong duties not including flying (DNIF) status of aircrew members. The aim of this study was...

Abstract Flight safety is an integral part of air transportation. accidents are highly unlikely to appear but most them caused by the human factor. The aircrew training system for abnormal operations relies on integrated aircraft simulator-based exercises. Crew needs be trained not degrade piloting technique quality when facing increased psychophysiological tension. Therefore, methods evaluatin...