25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-9.7.1


IMPACT OF WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT ON HEALTH AND COMFORT OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND PILOTS -RESULTS FROM THE EU PROJECT HEACE

V. Mellert, I. Baumann, N. Freese, R. Kruse, R. Weber
Oldenburg Univ., Germany

Keywords: cabin crew, health, symptoms, comfort, noise

The environment inside aircraft impacts health, performance etc. of the crew. Experiments were carried out in the HEACE project with long-haul flights and in simulators with a virtual reality as close to real flight as possible (www.heace.org). Results are reported, in particular related to motion, sound and vibration


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