Workloads and the Health of Air Traffic Controllers

Air Traffic Control is a service provided by ground professionals to guide and monitor aircraft in the air and on the ground to ensure a safe and orderly flow of traffic. The objectives were to learn about the socio-demographic aspects of air traffic professionals at the Marechal Hugo da Cunha Mach...

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Main Authors: Yldry Souza Ramos Queiroz Pessoa, Julliana Soares Piorski, Nicolas Eyck Van Dyck Araújo de Oliveira, Bianca Silva Almeida, Rosani Brune de Almeida Dias, Carlos Eduardo Queiroz Pessoa, João Carlos Alchieri
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Published: Associação Brasileira de Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://pepsic.bvsalud.org/pdf/rpot/v20n1/v20n1a06.pdf
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Bianca Silva Almeida
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description Air Traffic Control is a service provided by ground professionals to guide and monitor aircraft in the air and on the ground to ensure a safe and orderly flow of traffic. The objectives were to learn about the socio-demographic aspects of air traffic professionals at the Marechal Hugo da Cunha Machado Airport, in São Luís - MA, and to identify the possible workloads to which they are submitted. The study included 11 controllers, with a mean age of 38 years and 19.64 years of service in the profession. The workload that presented the highest prevalence was the psychological, and the lowest was the physical one. It was concluded that the activity of the respondents requires intense psychological efforts regarding attentional functions and decision making, especially in view of the rapid need for immediate actions in international languages, working under strict operational procedures.
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spelling doaj-art-e5e7c7cf27964a75b693cbc451a5734f2025-08-20T03:25:02ZengAssociação Brasileira de Psicologia Organizacional e do TrabalhoRevista Psicologia1984-66572020-01-0120189990510.17652/rpot/2020.1.16742Workloads and the Health of Air Traffic ControllersYldry Souza Ramos Queiroz Pessoa0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0817-2793Julliana Soares Piorski1https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2819-1958Nicolas Eyck Van Dyck Araújo de Oliveira2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1718-3440Bianca Silva Almeida3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4572-8356Rosani Brune de Almeida Dias4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0630-9036Carlos Eduardo Queiroz Pessoa5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2271-2554João Carlos Alchieri6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4150-8519Federal University of Maranhao (UFMA), Sao Luis, MA, Brazil Federal University of Maranhao (UFMA), Sao Luis, MA, Brazil Federal University of Maranhao (UFMA), Sao Luis, MA, Brazil Federal University of Maranhao (UFMA), Sao Luis, MA, Brazil Federal University of Maranhao (UFMA), Sao Luis, MA, Brazil State University of Maranhao (UEMA), Sao Luis, MA, Brazil Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brazil Air Traffic Control is a service provided by ground professionals to guide and monitor aircraft in the air and on the ground to ensure a safe and orderly flow of traffic. The objectives were to learn about the socio-demographic aspects of air traffic professionals at the Marechal Hugo da Cunha Machado Airport, in São Luís - MA, and to identify the possible workloads to which they are submitted. The study included 11 controllers, with a mean age of 38 years and 19.64 years of service in the profession. The workload that presented the highest prevalence was the psychological, and the lowest was the physical one. It was concluded that the activity of the respondents requires intense psychological efforts regarding attentional functions and decision making, especially in view of the rapid need for immediate actions in international languages, working under strict operational procedures.https://pepsic.bvsalud.org/pdf/rpot/v20n1/v20n1a06.pdfaerospace personalworkloadshealth
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João Carlos Alchieri
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