PILOT FATIGUE, SLEEP, AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS: NASA FATIGUE COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAM

This article summarizes some of the significant findings from the NASA Ames Fatigue Countermeasures Program. The research program was initiated following a NASA workshop requested by Congress in 1980 to examine a possible "safety problem of uncertain magnitude, due to transmeridian flying and a potential problem due to fatigue in association with various factors found in air transport operations."