Patrão Luís, Zorro Sara, Silva Jorge, Castelo-Branco Miguel, Ribeiro João
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2013 Jun;84(6):620-4. doi: 10.3357/asem.3545.2013.
Human factors and awareness of flight physiology play a crucial role in flight safety. Even so, international legislation is vague relative to training requirements in hypoxia and altitude physiology.
Based on a previously developed survey, an adapted questionnaire was formulated and released online for Portuguese pilots. Specific questions regarding the need for pilot attention monitoring systems were added to the original survey. There were 117 pilots, 2 of whom were women, who completed the survey.
Most of the pilots had a light aviation license and flew in unpressurized cabins at a maximum ceiling of 10,000 ft (3048 m). The majority of the respondents never experienced hypoxic symptoms. In general, most of the individuals agreed with the importance of an introductory hypoxia course without altitude chamber training (ACT) for all pilot populations, and with a pilot monitoring system in order to increase flight safety.
Generally, most of the pilots felt that hypoxia education and training for unpressurized aircraft is not extensive enough. However, almost all the respondents were willing to use a flight physiology monitoring system in order to improve flight safety.
人为因素和飞行生理学知识在飞行安全中起着至关重要的作用。即便如此，相对于缺氧和高空生理学方面的培训要求，国际法规仍不够明确。
基于之前开展的一项调查，制定了一份经过修改的问卷，并在网上向葡萄牙飞行员发布。在原始调查问卷中增加了有关飞行员注意力监测系统需求的具体问题。共有117名飞行员完成了该调查，其中2名是女性。
大多数飞行员持有轻型航空执照，在最大飞行高度为10000英尺（3048米）的非增压机舱内飞行。大多数受访者从未经历过缺氧症状。总体而言，大多数人认同为所有飞行员群体开展无高空模拟舱训练（ACT）的缺氧入门课程的重要性，以及认同使用飞行员监测系统以提高飞行安全的重要性。
一般来说，大多数飞行员认为针对非增压飞机的缺氧教育和培训不够广泛。然而，几乎所有受访者都愿意使用飞行生理学监测系统以提高飞行安全。
