International hazard datasheet on occupation: airline pilot

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• Personal Author:
  Ali F
• Description:
  Who is an airline pilot? A professional, licensed pilot who is responsible for flying and navigating the flight of a fixed winged aircraft, single or multi-engine on scheduled or unscheduled air carrier routes for transport of passengers, mail, or freight, or for other commercial purposes, during which if designated pilot in control (captain) serves as the legal representative of the aircraft owner and has the responsibility for the safety of the aircraft, the passengers and other crew members whether commercial or airline pilot. What is dangerous about this job? 1. Exposure to poor cabin air quality and reduced in-cabin oxygen concentration. 2. Exposure to noise and ionizing non-ionizing radiation (galactic cosmic radiation, energetic solar-article radiation and in-flight radiation as sources). 3. Exposure to increase ozone concentration with increased altitude. 4. Exposure to in-cabin and cockpit low humidity which may result in dehydration. 5. Prolonged sitting and multitasking. 6. Heavy workload base on either task, ergonomic layout, hours of duty or other factors that may arise during the flight such as meteorological conditions at point of departure, en route and at the destination, quality and quantity of radio communications. 7. Fatigue may result due to long hours of flight. 8. Less time for recovery from fatigue due to length of duty periods, amount of flights per period and reserve duty periods. 9. Psychological stress from fear of hijacking, bombs and attack on aircrafts. 10. Rarely catastrophic accidents due to defective equipment design or equipment failure, human error. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aircraft Air Pollution Ergonomics Fatigue Noise Occupational Health Ozone Radiation Safety Shift Work Schedule
• Keywords:
  Aircrews Airline Captain Airline Safety Airline Transport Pilot Air Quality Author Keywords: Airline Pilot Captain Check Airman Co-pilot Commercial Pilot Commuter Pilot Cosmic Radiation Equipment Reliability First Officer Flight Engineer Humans Nonionizing Radiation Pilot Psychological Stress Second Co-pilot Shift Work Shift Workers Workers

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• Publisher:
  University of Illinois Chicago
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048201
• Citation:
  Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Chicago, School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Division, 2014 Mar; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20100701
• Source Full Name:
  International hazard datasheet on occupation: airline pilot
• End Date:
  20150630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:282fa5892e09c099017531950ea0344d32050afba077ee93f32c31fd5e40a2c5f17cfb066397bc5c88b111e6d7d9a034448b032d1b5a0497badf441f30c4ea18
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203017/cdc_203017_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 285.82 KB ]