submission - Independent Pilots Association

Sccrcury Ron Brown funher illustrares rhc rypc of inaction Dprcd of fatigue (Ne*man. 1996).
.lJrhougir the pilots dcrccred an crror on apprcach a full m¡nute bcfore the crash. they rnadc no
artcmpiro .o,'ç"r the enor-a coffur¡on cha¡actcristic of fatigue. This is due to a rcduccd lcvel of
adhcrcnce to onc's normal s¡andard and a rcduced abiliry to cognttivcl¡ make a connecÙon
bcrr¡ecn causc and efrccr. One rnay recognize a problcm but not tra¡rslaæ its effcct dr¡c to lack of
full'comprchcnsion of thc siruation or simple failr¡¡e to initiatc en actioû-
Relacd cvidcncc e¡ig,s rbrt f.tit¡¡cd worter: ¡¡e s¡ti¡ñcd with lower pcrforrnancc ¡¡¿ thrr
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