NOTICE: This lecture is the same each day and will be conducted on your choice of a Wednesday 11/20, Thursday 11/21, Friday 11/22, or Saturday 11/23.
There are no restrictions or prerequisites on who may attend. Open to anyone interested.
If you wish to receive WINGS credits for this course, register on this Spans Announcement and be sure to initial your name at check in when you attend.
The same presentation is given every day from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Registration Sign Up for individual Fatigue Brief time slots via:
http://prote-fatigue.youcanbook.me
Join us to hear Dr. Wright speak to us about the impact of fatigue on aviation safety including a case study of a famous mishap which was caused by aircrew fatigue. There will also be a short look at sleep deprivation studies concerned with human (cognitive) performance, and then we will conclude with a discussion of some fatigue countermeasures.
Doctor Bruce Wright is an Aerospace Physiologist with the Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (FAA-CAMI) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His current position is with the Aerospace Medical Education Division (AAM-400) which is responsible for conducting Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) training for physicians from around the world, and medical personnel from the U.S. military and other federal agencies. AAM-400 also trains airmen in global survival and how to manage physical and psychological stresses of flight such as hypoxia, spatial disorientation, fatigue, and dehydration.
Prior to joining FAA-CAMI, Dr. Wright served as a civilian Senior Research Physiologist with the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Prior to that, he was an Air Force Aerospace Physiologist and he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after 22 years of service.
Bruce earned the Doctor of Philosophy Degree, and the Master of Science Degree from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. His Bachelor of Science Degree is from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL. He is board certified in Aerospace Physiology through the Aerospace Medical Association. He is a private pilot with an instrument rating who is presently building his second experimental aircraft (RANS S-7S), and is a member of the Aerospace Medical Association, Aerospace Physiology Society, Experimental Aircraft Association, and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
There will be time for Q&A after the presentation.
Links to Academic Lectures:
Hypoxia training -- https://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=96581&caller=/SPANS/events/ModifyEventList.aspx?type=1
Impacts of Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation on Pilot Performance –https://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=96583&caller=/SPANS/events/ModifyEventList.aspx?type=1
Link to PROTE Training:
Portable Reduced Oxygen Training Enclosure -- https://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=92648&caller=/SPANS/events/ModifyEventList.aspx?type=1