Determination of Stress and Strain at Real Work Places: Methods and Results of Field Studies with Air Traffic Control Officers

The work place of the air traffic control officeris to be regarded as a man-at-work system. Evaluating man’s task in the air traffic control system shows that air traffic controlling means a work system with “manual” performance. All three partial functions, effecting/controlling/monitoring, necessary to be fulfilled in each work system are performed by man himself.