Rest Review Task Force

Index of Documents

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Rail

• NTSB - Office of Railroad Safety Accident Investigation Team - Outline of human performance investigation areas (1997) - 8pp
• Amtrak Florida crossing collision linked to the lack of coordination (May, 1995) - 4pp
• Sleep Habits of Long Island Rail Road Commuters (1999) - 7pp
• The effects of work schedule on train handling performance & sleep of locomotive engineers:  A simulator study (July, 1997) - 36pp

Aviation

• Age, Circadian Rythms, and Sleep Loss in Flight Crews (March,1993) - 7pp
• Alertness management:  strategic naps in operational settings (1995) - 9pp
• Alertness Management in Flight Operations:  Strategic Napping (September, 1991) - 14pp

• Crew Factors in Flight Operations (1998):

1. The initial NASA-Ames Field studies on fatigue - Preface - 4pp
2. Flight Crew Fatigue I: Objectives and Methods - 7pp
3. Flight Crew Fatigue II: Short-Haul Fixed-Wing Air Transport Operations - 8pp
4. Flight Crew Fatigue III: North Sea Helicopter Air Transport Operations - 10pp
5. Flight Crew Fatigue IV: Overnight Cargo Operations - 11pp
6. Flight Crew Fatigue V: Long-Haul Air Transport Operations - 12pp
7. Flight Crew Fatigue VI: A Synthesis - 12pp

• Crew Factors in Flight Operations II:  Psychophysiological Responses to Short-Haul Air Transport Operations - 68pp
• Crew Factors in Flight Operations VI:  Psychophysiological Responses to Helicopter Operations (7/94) - 45pp
• Crew Factors in Flight Operations VII:  Psychophysiological Responses to Overnight Cargo Operations - 54pp
• Crew Factors in Flight Operations: VIII.  Factors influencing Sleep Timing & Subjective Sleep Quality in Commercial Long-Haul Flight Crews (12/91) - 41pp
• Crew Factors in Flight Operations IX:  Effects of planned cockpit rest on crew performance and alertness in long-haul operations (7/94) - 79pp
• Enhancing Safety through new technology (ICAO Journal - May, 1997) - 4pp
• Fatigue and Duty Time Limitations - An International Review - 16pp
• Fatigue in Operational Settings:  Examples from the Aviation Environment (1994) - 12pp
• Fatigue Symposium Proceedings (November 1-2, 1995) - Part 1 - 67pp
• Fatigue Symposium Proceedings (November 1-2, 1995) - Part 2 - 64pp
• Night shift paralysis in air traffic control officers (1987) - 11pp

• NTSB - Aircraft Accident Report:

1. Uncontrolled collision with Terrain American International Airways Flight 808 (8/18/93) - Part 1 - 81pp
2. Uncontrolled collision with Terrain American International Airways Flight 808 (8/18/93) - Part 2 - 68pp

• Principles & Guidelines for Duty and Rest Scheduling in Commercial Aviation (May 1996) - 15pp
• Flight Controller Alertness and Performance during MOD Shiftwork Operations (1993) - 7pp
• Sleep quantity and quality of augmented long-haul flight crews in on-board crew rest facilities (1997) - 2pp
• Work shift duration:  a review comparing eight hour and 12 hour shift systems (1997) - 13pp
• "You'd better not cheat on sleep - All sorts of very bad things happen" (6/7/98 Chicago Tribune) - 2pp

Vehicle

• Sleep Related Vehicle Accidents (1995) - 3pp
• Vehicle Accidents Related to Sleep:  A Review (1999) - 6pp

General

• A Guide for Investigating for Fatigue - Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1997) - 28pp
• Managing fatigue in operational settings 1:  Physiological considerations and countermeasures (1996) - 9pp
• Night and Shift Work:  Biological and Social Aspects (1981) - 10pp
• Studies in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (1985) - 7pp
• Work shift duration: a review comparing eight hour and 12 hour shift systems (1997) - 7pp
• Work/Rest Task Force Status Report (November, 1994) - 1pp

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