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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-21
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › Operational Pitfalls › Stress Management

  Stress Management Everyone is stressed to some degree almost all of the time. A certain amount of stress is good since it keeps a person alert and prevents complacency. Effects of stress are cumulative and, if the pilot does ... appropriate way, they can eventually add up to an intolerable burden. Performance generally increases with the onset of stress, peaks, and then begins to fall off rapidly as stress levels exceed a person’s ability to cope. The ability…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 17-12
  Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Ground Lighting Illusions › Stress

  Stress Stress is the body’s response to physical and psychological demands placed upon it. The body’s reaction to stress includes releasing chemical hormones (such as adrenaline) into the blood and increasing metabolism to provide more energy ... perspiration all increase. The term “stressor” is used to describe an element that causes an individual to experience stress. Examples of stressors include physical stress (noise or vibration), physiological stress (fatigue), and psychological stress (difficult work or personal situations). Stress…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 17-25
  Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Vision in Flight › Self-Imposed Stress

  Self-Imposed Stress Night flight can be more fatiguing and stressful than day flight, and many self- imposed stressors can limit night vision. Pilots can control this type of stress by knowing the factors that can cause self-imposed stressors…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 3-5
  Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Pilot Hazards › Aeromedical

  effects that can affect a pilot’s physical and mental performance. The FAA provides information regarding OTC drugs here. • Stress–Has a stressful life situation affected the pilot? Many personal or business events and activities can cause stress. Stress…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 8-1-2
  Chapter 8. Medical Facts for Pilots › Section 1. Fitness for Flight › 8-1-1. Fitness For Flight

  Stress. 1. Stress from the pressures of everyday living can impair pilot performance, often in very subtle ways. Difficulties, particularly at work, can occupy thought processes enough to markedly decrease alertness. Distraction can so interfere with judgment that unwarranted risks ... taken, such as flying into deteriorating weather conditions to keep on schedule. Stress and fatigue (see above) can be an extremely hazardous combination. 2. Most pilots do not leave stress “on the ground.” Therefore, when more than usual difficulties…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-7
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › Hazard and Risk › Mitigating Risk

  pilot risk. 2. Medication—Am I taking any medicines that might affect my judgment or make me drowsy? 3. Stress—Am I under psychological pressure from the job? Do I have money, health, or family problems? Stress causes concentration ... performance problems. While the regulations list medical conditions that require grounding, stress is not among them. The pilot should consider the effects of stress on performance. 4. Alcohol—Have I been drinking within 8 hours? Within 24 hours? As little…