Flight Attendant Fatigue Survey: Duty, Rest, and Health Data from 9,180 Crewmembers

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)