Post COVID-19 Fatigue Management for ATCOs

Air transportation under COVID-19 pandemic restrictions: A wavelet analysis

“…The air traffic disruption and temporary suspension are also indirectly explained via the psycho-behavioural experience of crewmembers. More precisely, the pandemic generates stress ( Sechko, 2021 ), depression ( Cahill et al, 2021 ), fatigue ( Drogoul and Cabon, 2021 ), and burnout ( Ozturk, 2020 ), accompanied by a reduction of flight performances, as Sun et al (2022) note.…”

The effect of COVID-19 on self-reported safety incidents in aviation: An examination of the heterogeneous effects using causal machine learning

“…Several studies build on these findings by analyzing the impact of decreased flight operations and bans in response to COVID-19 (COrona VIrus Disease of 2019) on particular study groups in the aviation workforce. The key aspects related to ASRS reporting include the psychological stress on pilots and cabin crew who are unemployed or on furlough (Alaminos-Torres, et al, 2021; Widodo et al, 2021 ), air traffic controllers facing increased fatigue ( Drogoul & Cabon, 2021 ), how the pandemic affected safety culture and climate in flight training organizations ( Byrnes, et al 2022 ), and how airline management strategies can be formulated to respond to these uncertainties (Linden, 2021).…”