AircrewHealth.comBe assured, the purpose of this study is NOT to find out if you have a stressful job. We already know that your work has many stressful aspects, including public contact, frequent absences from home, time zone changes, and frequent schedule changes.
In addition, you sometimes encounter dramatic events at work that really test your coping abilities. This study aims to find out how you cope, and what effects the job stress has on your personal life and health.
This study aims to find out how you cope, and what effects the job stress has on your personal life and health.
Stress researchers often study a large group of individuals in a single occupation because they are all subjected to the same kinds of stressors at work.
At the same time, however, it's best to study a group whose members are diverse in backgrounds and personal characteristics in order to learn which kinds of people are most and least affected by which kinds of stressors. You and your flying partners fill the bill on both counts.
Studies similar to ours have been done with other stressful occupations, for example: police, nurses, EMTs, firefighters, and teachers. So far no one else has studied a large number of pilots and flight attendants in this manner.
We hope you'll agree that the topic is important and that you will participate in this landmark research. In return, we will do our best to get you and your flying partners the recognition we think you deserve.
Study participants fill in a survey questionnaire that is on-line. On average, it takes about 30 minutes to fill in the questionnaire.
Participation is anonymous. We do not ask for your name, or the name of the company you work for.
All nationalities are welcome to participate. The survey questionnaires are in English.
The Commercial Aircrew Stress Study was launched in late 2003, and has been running continuously since that time.
Participation is open to currently employed or recently furloughed professional pilots and flight attendants/cabin crew. Crews from all kinds of commercial carriers (scheduled and non-scheduled passenger airlines, and commercial freight carriers), and of all nationalities are invited to participate.
[This survey is now closed. Data analysis is underway.]
The Corporate Aircrew Stress Study was launched in early 2004, and has been running continuously since that time.
Participation is open to currently employed or recently furloughed professional pilots and flight attendants/cabin crew working in GA/corporate aviation (e.g. operating under FAR Parts 91, 91k, or 135). Crews from around the world who work on aircraft operated by corporations, government agencies, NGOs or private owners are invited to participate.
[This survey is now closed. Data analysis is underway.]
If you would like to know more about the content of the Stress Study survey and about how the questionnaire items were developed, please visit Measures Used in the Stress Study Surveys.
For further information about our surveys, please visit About Our Research Projects. There you will learn about what we do with the information we collect in our surveys. A note about our research privacy policy also can be found on that page.
To view survey results already posted, please visit the Reports section of our website.
