IMPACT OF WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT ON HEALTH AND COMFORT OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND PILOTS - RESULTS FROM THE EU PROJECT HEACE

摘要

The workplace, well-being, comfort and health-issues of cabin and flight crew were investigated in the EU-Project HEACE in simulated and real flights. The environmental conditions have significant impact on various symptoms and health indices. The relation between environment and subjective response is complicated in real flights and not fully understood, whereas simulator experiments reveal clear relations between physical and subjective and medical parameters. The prognosis of the human response to the environmental condition is well possible with an appropriate artificial neural network. The statistical analysis of identifiable input-output relations is not yet completed. This analysis will support an optimization of relevant design parameters of the work place environment in cabin and cockpit.