Relationship of air traffic control specialist age to en route operational errors : final report / Dana Broach and David J. Schroeder.

Author/creator Broach, Dana
Other author Schroeder, David J.
Other author United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine.
Other author Civil Aerospace Medical Institute.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine ; Ft. Belvior, VA : Available to the public through the Defense Technical Information Center ; Springfield, Va. : Available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, 2005.
Descriptioni, 11 pages : digital, PDF file.
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS74693
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Abstract Public Law 92-297, passed in 1971, requires that air traffic control specialists (ATCSs) hired after May 16, 1972 retire at age 56. The underlying rationale was that as controllers aged, the cumulative effects of stress, fatigue (from shift work), and age-related cognitive changes created a safety risk (U.S. House of Representatives, 1971). This hypothesis has been considered in two recent studies of en route operational errors (OEs). The Center for Naval Analyses (CNA, 1995) found no relationship between controller age and OEs. Broach (1999) reported that the probability of involvement in an OE increased with age. The purpose of this study was to re-examine the hypothesis that controller age, controlling for experience, was related to OEs. En route OE records (3,054) were matched with non-supervisory ATCS staffing records for the period FY1997-2003. Poisson regression was used to model OE count as a function of the explanatory variables age and experience using the SPSS® version 11.5 General Loglinear (GENLOG) procedure.
General noteTitle from title screen (viewed on Oct. 6, 2006).
General note"December 2005."
General note"DOT/FAA/AM-05/22."
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 9-11).
Funding informationPerforming organization: FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, under research task no. BHRR523
Technical detailsMode of access: Internet from the Office of Aerospace Medicine web site. Address as of 10/6/06: http://www.faa.gov/library/reports/medical/oamtechreports/2000s/media/0522.pdf; current access via PURL.
Issued in other formBroach, Dana Relationship of air traffic control specialist age to en route operational errors i, 11 p.
Technical rpt numberDOT/FAA/AM-05/22
GPO item number0431-E-04 (online)
Govt. docs number TD 4.210:05/22

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