submission - Independent Pilots Association

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2.6. Shift'work
impæt of r given shifr schedulc. or t"g¡ 5pccl
n.L. ot oùri human factors ¡rrc not always ava
.ióãi-t resc¿¡ch result-s rcgardrng a sPecific g
n rnd sbcp dcpriratioo (horneosutic) infÌ¡'rr¡c¿s.o
r ærformåd. Écnaing collec¡ion of such data idc'
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t-.-on- t¡sk -¿ara noné theless nis¿ si g ni-fi'
siw rsPect of ¡úuion.
l¡¡c thc physiologic conributors to fa¡¡gæ il F
¡d imporr¡¡tce: foiexample' how mr¡ch tþ? ú1lti-
¡? Wirl¡out more d,t¡ on thls issue. ttr only efÏec'
reæh of rhe three ares as completely as psible.
$t crcws occurs rn tþ co{ìExt of g9rrt"l- corrcern
int slæp depnvadon in a large number of æcupa'
'owing number of US. workers a¡e calþd upqn
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. It is-esumated ¡Ìrat some rwelve mill¡on popb in
of shifrworker (19). A number of stratcgÈs have
Jne coveragc of the growing variety of scrvice and
s suffing. TIE m6t common of tbcsc is thc
Lcrs work-successive shifs for one or mce wecks
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