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Aircraft*

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Aircraft*

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Aircraft* ; Transportation*

To develop an aeromedical strategy to prevent aircraft accidents caused by spatial disorientation or loss of situational awareness, it is no wonder to say the first step may begin with understanding of operating principles of flight displays, especially attitude indicator. Therefore, this review article focused on explaining the unique aeromedical aspects of various types of attitude indicator. Also, the concept of newly developed attitude indicator was introduced to consider pros and cons of current design.
Aircraft ; Resin Cements

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Aircraft* ; Emergencies* ; Transportation*

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Aircraft* ; DNA Fingerprinting ; Guam*

Headache may develop in flight passengers without underlying pathology even though this type of headache is not included in "The International Classification of Headache Disorders". We report on a case of headache which had developed during airplane landing. A rapid change in the ambient pressure may give rise to headache.
Aircraft ; Barotrauma ; Headache

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Aircraft* ; Mass Media*

BACKGROUND: This paper presents the findings of a pilot research survey which assessed the degree of balance between safety and productivity, and its relationship with awareness and communication of human factors and safety rules in the aircraft manufacturing environment. METHODS: The study was carried out at two Australian aircraft manufacturing facilities where a Likert-scale questionnaire was administered to a representative sample. The research instrument included topics relevant to the safety and human factors training provided to the target workforce. The answers were processed in overall, and against demographic characteristics of the sample population. RESULTS: The workers were sufficiently aware of how human factors and safety rules influence their performance and acknowledged that supervisors had adequately communicated such topics. Safety and productivity seemed equally balanced across the sample. A preference for the former over the latter was associated with a higher awareness about human factors and safety rules, but not linked with safety communication. The size of the facility and the length and type of employment were occasionally correlated with responses to some communication and human factors topics and the equilibrium between productivity and safety. CONCLUSION: Although human factors training had been provided and sufficient bidirectional communication was present across the sample, it seems that quality and complexity factors might have influenced the effects of those safety related practices on the safety–productivity balance for specific parts of the population studied. Customization of safety training and communication to specific characteristics of employees may be necessary to achieve the desired outcomes.
Aircraft* ; Efficiency* ; Employment ; Humans*

BACKGROUND: Hearing loss is associated with environmental noises. Not only the strength of the noise but also the exposure time of that seems important. We investigated to find the factors associated with hearing loss in pilots. METHOD: For the anlysis of hearing loss in pilots in the air force, we performed an audiometiric test on 563 pilots from 2000 to 2001 and analysed the results. REUSLT: The type of aircraft or regiment is not associated with hearing loss. The age, tenure and total flight time are the factors associated with hearing loss, especially in the high frequency zone. The flight time in the recent six months is shown not to be associated with hearing loss which means an exposure to noise in a longer term is important. In this study, the hearing threshold increased at 6,000 Hz regardless of age. CONCLUSION: The reason may be due to the noise environment of pilots. Therefore an additional study about pilots' normal limits of hearing threshold at 6,000 Hz and clinical meanings of that is necessary.
Aircraft ; Hearing Loss* ; Hearing* ; Noise