Cockpit Environment And Fatigue: How It Can Happen

Patrick Veillette, Ph.D. July 20, 2018
Many elements in the flight deck make fatigue worse. Heat, glare, noise, vibrations, exceptionally dry air and confinement to a seat for hours on end can act synergistically to deepen the stress on a body’s mental and physical reserves. A 1977 study by the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation...
Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.

Upon his retirement as a non-routine flight operations captain from a fractional operator in 2015, Dr. Veillette had accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight experience in 240 types of aircraft—including balloons, rotorcraft, sea planes, gliders, war birds, supersonic jets and large commercial transports. He is an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University.

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