Flight Attendant Fatigue Survey: Duty, Rest, and Health Data from 9,180 Crewmembers
by Katrina Bedell Avers / Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
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Description
A national survey of 9,180 active flight attendants from 30 U.S. airlines, including regional, low-cost, and network carriers. The Civil Aerospace Medical Institute conducted this retrospective study to identify operational factors contributing to fatigue. The survey addressed work background, workload, duty time, sleep, health, fatigue, work environment, and demographics.
Use Cases
Modeling fatigue risk based on reported duty times and schedules mentioned in the description
Analyzing correlations between work environment factors and self-reported health outcomes
Identifying demographic patterns in sleep and rest data across different airline operator types
Studying the impact of variable schedules and time zone changes on cabin crew well-being
Strengths
Survey responses from 9,180 participants, providing a substantial sample size
Covers 30 distinct airline operators, including 17 regional, 7 low-cost, and 6 network carriers
Survey design addresses 7 specific topics related to fatigue and operational factors
Limitations
Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Data may reflect self-reporting bias inherent to survey methodology
Provenance
Source
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, authored by Katrina Bedell Avers
Collection Method
Retrospective voluntary and anonymous survey disseminated to flight attendants
Geography
National (United States, inferred from author organization)
License is closed; terms of use are not specified.