OBJECTIVE The aim of the presented study was to determine the incidence of menstrual disorders and to evaluate the influence of the work period and the frequency of flying on the occurrence of these disorders in flight attendants flying within one time zone. METHODS The questionnaire-based survey covered 43 flight attendants which remained within one time zone. The statistical analysis was ma...

Safety attitude reflects employee beliefs and feelings about safety policies measures. attitudes have a significant influence on behaviour. Flight attendants play vital role in in-flight services. It is known that most fatal accidents involving commercial aircraft are caused by failures communication teamwork among flight attendants. This study aims to find out whether there differentiation bet...

BACKGROUND Flight attendants are exposed to cosmic ionizing radiation and other potential cancer risk factors, but only recently have epidemiological studies been performed to assess the risk of cancer among these workers. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the incidence of various types of cancer among female cabin attendants by combining cancer incidence estimates reported in publish...

OBJECTIVE The study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of a manipulation derived from social categorization and social identity theory to promote greater cabin crew willingness to engage in intergroup communication and teamwork in airline operations. BACKGROUND Failures of communication and teamwork between airline crew have been implicated in a number of airline crashes. METHOD ...

Flight Attendant Fatigue: A Quantitative Review of Flight Attendant Comments Avers, Katrina; Nei, Darin; King, S. Janine; et al. U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI). Report no. DOT/FAA/AM-11/16. 23 pp. October 2011. Available on the Internet at . Fatigue has emerged as an import...

Flight attendants are typically characterized as being engaged in ‘emotional labour,’ which is defined as the effort, planning, and control needed to express organizationally desired emotions during interpersonal transactions. Emotional labour is always stressful and may result in negative job outcomes or health problems. Therefore, drawing on the main propositions of the JD-R model, together w...

BACKGROUND Flight attendants are an understudied occupational group, despite undergoing a wide and unique range of adverse job-related exposures. In our study, we aimed to characterize the health profile of cabin crew relative to the U.S. general population. METHODS In 2014-2015, we surveyed participants of the Harvard Flight Attendant Health Study. We compared the prevalence of their health ...