Flight Simulator Performance of Younger and Older Aircraft Pilots: Effects of Age and Alcohol

Objective: To determine if older pilots forgot more about a learned flight task after a 10‐month delay than did younger pilots and if the anticipated greater skill loss led older pilots' performance to be more disrupted by alcohol.

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