F9: What Aviation Teaches Us About Fatigue and Performance
Tue, 6/2: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
Education Sessions
Education Sessions
Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center
Room: 393
CM Credit Hours: 1
Description
While aviation flight operations have moved toward structured fatigue risk management systems (FRMS), many other transportation and high-reliability operations have not yet adopted comparable frameworks. Fatigue remains one of the most preventable risks, yet it continues to drive errors and incidents across industries such as rail, maritime, trucking, emergency response, and healthcare. Recent research has expanded fatigue science beyond subjective reporting to include biometric monitoring, psychophysiological measures, and AI-driven analysis.
This session will present findings from studies that highlight the significance of fatigue and stress in demanding environments. The team will also present exploratory findings that combine physiological data, environmental exposure monitoring (noise, vibration, temperature), and validated fatigue inventories.
Participants will explore how these methods advance our understanding of fatigue as a multi-factor hazard and how they can be adapted across multiple industries.
The session will also examine training and mitigation strategies, including decision-making tools and organizational practices that connect human performance with safety culture. By integrating new data collection methods with practical countermeasures, attendees will gain actionable pathways to reduce fatigue risk, improve well-being, and strengthen outcomes in complex, safety-critical systems.
This session will present findings from studies that highlight the significance of fatigue and stress in demanding environments. The team will also present exploratory findings that combine physiological data, environmental exposure monitoring (noise, vibration, temperature), and validated fatigue inventories.
Participants will explore how these methods advance our understanding of fatigue as a multi-factor hazard and how they can be adapted across multiple industries.
The session will also examine training and mitigation strategies, including decision-making tools and organizational practices that connect human performance with safety culture. By integrating new data collection methods with practical countermeasures, attendees will gain actionable pathways to reduce fatigue risk, improve well-being, and strengthen outcomes in complex, safety-critical systems.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion, the participant will be able to:
• Identify physiological, environmental, and behavioral factors that contribute to fatigue in high-reliability operations.
• Explain the potential application of biometric and AI-based tools used to measure fatigue in real-world contexts.
• Recognize evidence-based strategies for fatigue mitigation.
• Compare fatigue risk management practices across industries and identify where FRMS is lacking.
• Summarize training and policy recommendations that strengthen resilience against fatigue-related incidents.
• Identify physiological, environmental, and behavioral factors that contribute to fatigue in high-reliability operations.
• Explain the potential application of biometric and AI-based tools used to measure fatigue in real-world contexts.
• Recognize evidence-based strategies for fatigue mitigation.
• Compare fatigue risk management practices across industries and identify where FRMS is lacking.
• Summarize training and policy recommendations that strengthen resilience against fatigue-related incidents.
Content Level
Intermediate
Core Competencies
Fatigue Management
Work Environments, Occupations, and Industrial Processes
Keywords
Environmental protection and monitoring
Exposure Assessment
Real-time detection services and direct reading instruments
Safety
Thermal stress protection and monitoring
Session Availability
In-person
OnDemand
Targeted Audience
Professional
Transfer of Knowledge
Case Studies
Live Polling
Practical Application