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A 6 page overview of stress and how it relates to aircraft safety. The author introduces Cockpit Resource Management as a means of reducing stress and the pilot error that can occur with it. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPavStrs.rtf
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Unfortunately, stress is a component to one degree or another of practically every workplace. Stress can result in impaired workplace function and even loss of life (Shannon, Lonigan,
Finch, Taylor, 1994). When stress becomes a factor in the cockpit, the result can be catastrophic. Thousands of lives and phenomenal losses in terms of property have been
attributed over the years to pilot stress. Numerous attempts have been made to reduce stress and the catastrophes it can cause. One of the more interesting of these
attempts is Cockpit Resource Management (CRM). Aviation, like any field which is sensitive to human factors such as errors, benefits greatly from an
emphasis not only on procedure but on constant review and evaluation. It is only with such attention to detail that we can revise both design and procedures to more
effectively protect human life. CRM is one of those procedures. Stress comes in a variety of forms ranging from that
which is brought on by past experiences and that brought on by current stressors and hassles (Bar-Tal, Cohen-Mansfield, Golander, 1998). DeFrank and Ivancevich (1998) define stress as being
an: "adaptive response, moderated by individual differences, that is a consequence of any action,
situation, or event, that places special demands on a person". This definition emphasizes
the individual response to stress. Stress is a reaction, not the event or situation which causes the reaction (DeFrank and Ivancevich, 1998). In the case of cockpit stress,
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