Fatigue as a threat in civil aviation
Zamor kao pretnja u civilnom vazduhoplovstvu

Velimir Isaković, Dragan Đurđević
2021 Megatrend Revija  
Fatigue as a term does not represent a disease, but a state of reduced mental and/or physical potentials and requires an interdisciplinary approach to detecting and managing risks in mutually related and conditioned work processes. Knowing the principle of fatigue allows us to discover, understand, predict and reduce the possibility of escalation of problems in a timely manner. Today, fatigue is recognized in civil aviation as the direct cause of more than 20% of incidents. Security and safety
more » ... anagement measures are mainly aimed at reducing threats from a technical or procedural aspect while ignoring the fact that inadequate management of the Human Factor causes 80% of injuries, loss of life and material damage.
doi:10.5937/megrev2101105i fatcat:vrmu253zsbcnpolxtyvfvbmvoa